| Cold War and interceptions over Central Europe |
The Warsaw Pact was defined as a Treaty of Friendship Mutual Assistance and Co-operation between the Soviet Union and his vassal countries (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania), to "promote defense of Europe against Capitalist agression". The air space violations almost always resulted in interceptions by Warsaw Pact fighters:
Several US reconnaissance aircraft were shot down, P2V Neptunes, RB-29s, RB-45s, RB-47s.
NATO fighters forced down over Czechoslovakia or Bulgaria.
Spy balloons ('blimp') over Central Europe.
| Cold War and interceptions over the seas |
US Navy aircraft downed off the Chinese coasts (Neptunes, Mercators, RA-3s).
Losses over the Barents Sea (RB-47s, B-58), over the Baltic Sea, in the Kola peninsula sector...
The vile shooting down of civil airliners by PVO fighters.
| Claims and Credits |
All Western losses were duly recorded. The difficulty for the historians isn't the veracity of the kills but the search for the names of the Warsaw pact pilots. Many skirmishes involving NATO fighters are not documented to date, as well as many friendly kills and other mistakes.
| The lists |
All the lists present the following data:
Name and (when known) first name are presented with arbitrary choice for the spelling (russian, german, arab names...).
RANK of the pilot: see the rank page for the meaning of the abbreviations and the equivalence.
According to the pages, COUNTRY, NATION for the nationality or ethnic origin, AIR_SERVICE for the air arm, are provided.
The number of victories represents usually the total of kills (individual plus shared). The shared kills are indicated when known under the form [indiv+shared]. The official score is indicated when different from the total (American and British scores of ww2 for example).
Authors of the SOURCES column are given; report to the bibliography page to find the books, articles, web pages in alphabetical order. The OTHER_SOURCES column presents the divergent scores with sometimes the author of the source.
The DETAIL column shows occasionally the type of kill, balloons, V-1s, ground kills, unconfirmed kills...
The NOTE column exposes different commentaries and for lack of space, abbreviations are used: report to the abbreviation page for their meaning.
| Rank | First Name | Name | Country | Victories | Sources | Detail | Air Service | Units | Death | Note | Other Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav | NOVAK | Czechoslovakia | 6 | Josef Hlava | (6 spy balloons) | CVL | 11.slp | Spy balloon killer. | |||
| Trifon | TRIFONOV | Bulgaria | 4 | VNVV | 1Sq | MiG-17, spy balloons, 1956. | 7 (Gordon) | ||||
| Zdenek | OUDA | Czechoslovakia | 3 | CVL | 1.slp | MiG-23ML, 3 sports planes FTL, 1985-88. | |||||
| Rene | FRIEDRICH | Czechoslovakia | 2 | CVL | 1.slp | L-39, 2 sports planes FTL, 1988-89. | |||||
| M. | NEMEC | Czechoslovakia | 2 | CVL | 1.slp | L-39, 2 sports planes FTL, 1985-88. | |||||
| Kapt | Valery I. | SHKINDER | USSR | 2 | S.Barnes-T.Muffin | VVS | 152 IAP | MiG-23M, 2 Iranian CH-47, 1978. | |||
| Kapt | O. G. | STEPANOV | USSR | 2 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 156 IAP | MiG-17, Iranian border, 1963, 1967. | |||
| Kapt | Yu. B. | ALEXANDROV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | MiG-21, 1 US airliner FTL, Kurils, 1968. | ||||
| G. | ANTOV | Bulgaria | 1 | VNVV | 1Sqn | MiG-17, 1 spy balloon, 1956. | |||||
| Maj | Stepan Antonevich | BAKHAEV | USSR | 1 | M.Bykov+T.Polak | VVS | 515 IAP; 523 IAP | MiG-15, Cold War and Korea, 1950. | 12; 7 Korea | ||
| Jaroslav | BENES | Czechoslovakia | 1 | D.Lednicer | CVL | MiG-17, 1 shared Italian F-84 FTL, 1959. | |||||
| Kapt | A. | BOSOV | USSR | 1 | P. Butowski | (civil aircraft downed) | V-PVO | 431 IAP | Su-15, 1 KAL B.707 FTL, 1978. | ||
| CHMELICEK | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | One VVS Li-2 FTL, 1953. | |||||||
| StLt | Boris Pavlovich | DOKIN | USSR | 1 | T.Polak & C.Shores | V-PVO | 30GIAP | One shared USN PB4Y, 1948. | 0 (TFR) | ||
| J. | DVORAK | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 1.slp | One shared sports plane FTL, 1985. | |||||
| V. S. | EFREMOV | USSR | 1 | V-PVO | La-11, one USAF F-51D, 1950. | ||||||
| Ilia | ELENSKY | Bulgaria | 1 | D.Lednicer | VNVV | 1 unknown (Greek?) intruder, 1954. | |||||
| Josef | FAIX | Czechoslovakia | 1 | D.Lednicer | CVL | MiG-19, 1 shared Italian F-84 FTL, 1959. | |||||
| Kapt | Oleg Petrovich | FEDOTOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 11 IAP | MiG-15, 1952. | |||
| FIALA | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 1.slp | L-39, 1 shared Piper FTL, 1989. | ||||||
| Por | Jan | FOKS | Czechoslovakia | 1 | T.Polak | CVL | 1 USAF aircraft, 1963. | ||||
| Lt | H. | GAVRILOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | V-PVO | MiG-17, 1 sh. USAF C-130, Armenia, 1958. | ||||
| M. | HLAVICA | Czechoslovakia | 1 | (civil Piper) | CVL | 8.slp | MiG-15bis, 1 civil Piper, 1955. | ||||
| Kapt | V. A. | IGONIN | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | MiG-21, 1 US airliner FTL, Kurils, 1968. | ||||
| IRLACHER | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 5.slp | One balloon, 1955. | ||||||
| Maj | Ferdinand | IVAN | Czechoslovakia | 1 | M.Irra | CVL | 4.letka/ 1.slp | MiG-15SB, 1 Augusta-Bell FTL, 1978. | |||
| stLt | IVANOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | V-PVO | MiG-17, 1 sh. USAF C-130, Armenia, 1958. | |||||
| JANCIK | Czechoslovakia | 1 | (64 balloons?) | CVL | 5.slp | Balloons with an Ar-96, 1953. | |||||
| MlLt | A. A. | KALUGIN | USSR | 1 | D. Lednicer | VVS | 5 GIAP | MiG-15bis, one US C-47, 1951. | |||
| Kapt | KOROTKOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | One shared USAF RB-47, 1955(56?). | |||||
| Capt | KOSTIN | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer, TFR | VVS | 610IAP | MiG-15, one shared US RB-29, 1954. | ||||
| stLt | N. | KOTOV | USSR | 1 | T.Polak & C.Shores | VVS | 523 IAP | MiG-15, one shared US RB-29, 1950. | |||
| stLt | KUCHERYAEV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | V-PVO | MiG-17, 1 sh. USAF C-130, Armenia, 1958. | |||||
| A. | KULAGIN | USSR | 1 | VVS | 5 GIAP | MiG-15, one USAAF C-47 FTL, 1951. | |||||
| Kapt | Valentin Aleksandrovich | KULIAPIN (KALYUPIN) | USSR | 1 | P. Butowski | (civil aircraft downed) | V-PVO | 166 IAP (34.VA) | Su-15T, one Canadair rammed, 1981. | ||
| Lt | LAPOTKOV | USSR | 1 | Web Task Force Russia | VVS | One shared US C-130, 1958. | |||||
| M. | LENTHAR | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | Mi-24, 1 Piper FTL, 1988. | ||||||
| Kapt | LESNOV | USSR | 1 | D. Lednicer | VVS | 368 IAP | La-11, one shared RB-29, 1952. | ||||
| stLt | Viktor V. | LOPATKOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | V-PVO | MiG-17, 1 sh. USAF C-130, Armenia, 1958. | ||||
| StLt | Ivan Yakovlevich | LUKASHYEV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | V-VPO | 88 GIAP-TOF | La-11, one shared Neptune, 1951. | |||
| Sandor | MAGYAR | Hungary | 1 | HAF | 24FR ML | MiG-15, 1 VVS MiG-17, 1956. | |||||
| Maj | MARESOW | USSR | 1 | M.Zhirkhov | VVS & EAF | 1 Indep.ECM Sqn | Tu-16, one USN F-4 collided, 1971. | ||||
| MASAR | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 1.slp | L-39, one shared sports plane FTL, 1988. | ||||||
| Kapt | I. K. | MOROZ | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | MiG-21, 1 US airliner FTL, Kurils, 1968. | ||||
| NEMETH | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 1.slp | MiG-23ML, 1 Cessna FTL, 1987. | ||||||
| S. | NETZOV | Bulgaria | 1 | VNVV | MiG-17, 1 spy balloon, 1956. | ||||||
| OLDRICH | Czechoslovakia | 1 | J. Safarik | CVL | 1.slp | L-39, 1 shared Piper FTL, 1988. | |||||
| A. | OLEYNIK | Russia | 1 | D. Lednicer | RusAF | Su-27P, 1 civil L-39 FTL, 1998. | |||||
| Henrik | OSIERDA | Poland | 1 | PAF | 11.FR WOPK | MiG-21, fratricide kill, 1970. | |||||
| Kapt | Grigorii I. | OSINSKII | USSR | 1 | R. Jonsson | V-VS | 483 IAP | One Swede C-47, 1952, Baltic Sea. | |||
| Maj | Gennadii N. | OSIPOVICH | USSR | 1 | P. Butowski | (civil aircraft downed) | V-PVO | Su-15TM, KAL-007 Boeing, 1983. | |||
| V. P. | PAVLOVSKII | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | (civil aircraft downed) | VVS | 156 IAP | MiG-17, one Iranian civilian L-26, 1963. | |||
| Kapt | PECHENKIN | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 156 IAP | MiG-17, one Iranian L-20, 1964. | ||||
| Boris Vasilev | PETROV | Bulgaria | 1 | D.Lednicer | (civil aircraft downed) | VNVV | MiG-15, 1 El Al Constellation, 1955. | ||||
| Z. | PISKATY | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 5.slp | L-39, one USAFE Cobra, 1985. | |||||
| Kapt | Vasilii A. | POLYAKOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 171 GIAP | MiG-17, one USAF RB-47, 1960. | |||
| Ivan Petrovich | PROSKURIN | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 11 IAP | MiG-15, one RB-29, Sea of Japan. | ||||
| Emil | PTACEK | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 1.slp | MiG-17PF, 1 Convair FTL, 1957. | |||||
| M. | RICKA | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | 8.slp | L-29, 1 German a/c by taran, 1973. | |||||
| MlLt | M. | RODIONOV | USSR | 1 | Web TFR | V-VS | 153IAD | One American B-26, Port-Arthur, 1952. | |||
| Capt | RUBTSOV | USSR | 1 | Web TFR | V-VS | 865IAP | MiG-15, one B-47, Bering, 1955. | ||||
| Kapt | Alexandr D. | RYBAKOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 88 GIAP | MiG-17, one RB-50, Vladivostok, 1953. | |||
| Konstantin Krumov | SANKIYSKI | Bulgaria | 1 | D.Lednicer | (civil aircraft downed) | VNVV | MiG-15, 1 El Al Constellation, 1955. | ||||
| Kapt | L. I. | SAVICHEV | USSR | 1 | A.E.Melnikov | V-PVO | MiG-17P, one USAF Blimp, 1954. | ||||
| Lt | SAZHIN | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | MiG-15, one RB-47, Kamchatka, 1955(56?). | |||||
| M. | SCHUKIN | USSR | 1 | V-PVO | 88 GIAP-TOF | La-11, one Neptune, S.of Japan, 1951. | |||||
| Lt | SEBERYAKOV | USSR | 1 | TFR | VVS | 610 IAP | MiG-15, one RB-29, Kurils, 1954. | ||||
| SELIBANCHIK | USSR | 1 | A.E.Melnikov | V-PVO | One USAF spy balloon, 1954. | ||||||
| stLt | Nikolai | SEMERNIKOV | USSR | 1 | R. Jonsson | V-PVO | MiG-15, one Swedish Catalina, 1952. | ||||
| SEVETLICHNIKOV | USSR | 1 | Web AirCombat | VVS | 34 VA | MiG-17, one shared USAF C-118, 1958. | |||||
| stLt | Moisei Kuzmich | SHCHUKIN | USSR | 1 | D. Lednicer | V-VS | 88 GIAP-TOF | La-11, one Neptune, S. of Japan, 1951. | |||
| V. | SHEKOOROV | Russia | 1 | D. Lednicer | RusAF | Su-27P, 1 civil L-39 FTL, 1998. | |||||
| Zdenek | SORYC | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | One VVS Li-2 FTL, 1953. | ||||||
| Por | Jaroslav | SRAMEK | Czechoslovakia | 1 | T.Polak, M.Irra | CVL | 2.letka 5.slp | MiG-15, one US F-84, 1953. | |||
| M. | STOYANOV | Bulgaria | 1 | VNVV | 1Sqn | MiG-17PF, 1 spy balloon, 1956. | |||||
| Kapt | G. F. | SVETLISHNIKOV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | PVO | 976IAP | MiG-17, one C-118, Armenia, 1958. | |||
| O. | TERBANOV | USSR | 1 | Web AirCombat | (civil aircraft downed) | V-PVO | Su-15TM, one DC-8, 1981. | ||||
| MlLt | Ivan Ivanovich | TEZYAEV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 30 GIAP | One shared PB-4Y, Baltic Sea, 1950. | |||
| M. | TMKA | Czechoslovakia | 1 | J. Safarik | CVL | Mi-24, 1 Piper FTL 1994. | |||||
| Miroslav | TRNKA | Czechoslovakia | 1 | CVL | Mi-24, 1 Piper FTL, 1994. | ||||||
| M. | VALASEK | Czechoslovakia | 1 | AirCombat | CzAF | MiG-19, one Polish a/c ramming, 1964. | |||||
| Lt | Zdenek | VOLEMAN | Czechoslovakia | 1 | T.Polak, M.Irra | CVL | 5.lsp, 2.lsp | MiG-15, 1 USN AD-4 1954. | 2 | ||
| Maj | VORONOV | USSR | 1 | Web TFR | V-VS | 153IAD | One 'Martin' claimed, Port-Artur, 1952. | ||||
| stLt | Yu. M. | YABLONOSKII | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 88 GIAP | MiG-17, one RB-50, Askol'd Is., 1953. | |||
| Ilya | YATSENKO-KOSENKO | USSR | 1 | R. Jonsson | V-PVO | KBF | MiG-15, 1 Swedish Catalina, 1952. | ||||
| Kapt | Gennadii Nicolaievich | YELISEYEV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 982 IAP, 20 GIAP | 28/11/1973 | MiG-21, 1 taran IIAF RF-4C, 1973. | ||
| Maj | I. F. | YEVTOSHENKO | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | MiG-21, 1 US airliner FTL, Kurils, 1968. | ||||
| Kapt | B.F. | ZAKHAROV | USSR | 1 | D.Lednicer | VVS | 976 IAP (34.VA) | MiG-17, one US C-118, Armenia, 1958. | |||
| ZATORA | Czechoslovakia | 1 | (balloon) | CVL | MiG-19, 1 spy balloon. | ||||||
| Kapt | I. | ZDATCHENKO | USSR | 1 | P.Butowski | (spy balloon) | V-PVO | Su-15TM, one Blimp balloon, Kola, 1990. | |||
| Lt | ZHERDEV | USSR | 1 | TFR | V-VS | 153IAD | One shared 'Martin', Port-Artur, 1952. | ||||
| Lt | Alekseyevich | ZHIRYAKOV | USSR | 1 | D. Lednicer | V-VS | 368 IAP | La-11, one RB-29, Kurils Is., 1952. | |||
| ZINOWLJEV | USSR | 1 | Web AirCombat | VVS | 33 IAP | MiG-21, one USAF RB-66, 1964. | |||||
| MlLt | ZIZEVSKII | USSR | 1 | D. Lednicer | VVS | 14 IAP | Yak-9, one US B-29 FTL, 1945. |
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