| 词条 | Lev Shestakov |
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| name = Lev Lvovich Shestakov | native_name = Лев Львович Шестаков | image = Lev L'vovich Shestakov.jpg | birth_date =28 December 1915 | birth_place = | death_date = 13 March 1944 | death_place = | allegiance = {{USSR|Soviet Union}} | branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg}} Soviet Air Force | commands = 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment | serviceyears = 1934 – 1944 | battles = Spanish civil war World War II | rank = Colonel | awards = Hero of the Soviet Union }} Lev Lvovich Shestakov ({{lang-ru|Лев Львович Шестаков}}; 28 December 1915 – 13 March 1944) was a Soviet military aviator and the Red Air Force's leading ace in the Spanish Civil War. CareerUpon graduating from military college in 1936 he applied for combat in Spain, joining a Spanish Republican Air Force fighter squadron in 1937. Flying Polikarpov I-16s he claimed eight solo victories and 31 collaborative (shared) victories gained in 90 sorties during the Spanish Civil War. Shestakov joined 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment in September 1939, and was at the time one of the most famous Soviet aces. At the time of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shestakov was serving with 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment on the Odessa front, and became the Regiment Leader on 16 July 1941. During the battle for Odessa 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment pilots achieved 94 air victories. The losses inflicted on the Romanian Air Force above Odessa in 1941 by Shestakov's fighter pilots compelled the Romanian High Command to withdraw its entire air force from the Eastern Front. At the end of 1941 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment received the LaGG-3 to replace the outdated I-16 and relocated to the Stalingrad area. Over the next three years he held other commands in various regions, including Stalingrad. On 9 August, Shestakov was engaged by fourteen Bf 109s of II./JG 77 escorting He 111s of KG 27. 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment claimed nine Bf 109s shot down without loss (II./JG 77 reported one damaged Bf 109E) Shestakov eventually flew more than 200 missions during the war, took part in 32 aerial combats and was credited with 26 kills before being killed in action on 13 March 1944. On 13 March 1944 (other sources state 12 March), he intercepted German bombers but was never seen again. FateAfter the war, fellow ace Vladimir Lavrinenkov wrote a book about Shestakov called "His Call code - Sokol (Falcon) 1". According to Lavrinenkov's book, Shestakov fought a private war with a well-known Stuka ace - a 'Kurt Renner', who was awarded 'the Golden Knight's Cross'. No such Stuka ace existed, although the Stuka ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel - the only person to be awarded the Knight's Cross with the Golden Oak Leaves - flew over the same operational area as Shestakov. Shestakov apparently tried to shoot him down during the first months of 1944, and reportedly searched for a Ju 87 with a viper painted along its fuselage, assuming that this conspicuous aircraft was flown by Renner/Rudel. After his death, it was rumoured that he died seconds after shooting at Rudel's plane, but given that Rudel was never shot down by enemy aircraft in his career, Shestakov could not have done any serious damage to Rudel's aircraft had he in fact ever attacked it. Rudel himself speculates in his autobiography:
AchievementsHis 26 victories in World War II raised his career total to 65, including shared. His decorations included Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, and Order of the Patriotic War. According to research by Tomas Polak and Christopher Shores, Shestakov rates as The Soviet Union's all-time second-ranking fighter pilot, ahead of Ivan Kozhedub (62) and behind Vasily Naydenko (99). Most other lists rank Naydenko much lower, with Kozhedub first. References1. ^Hans Ulrich Rudel in his autobiography 'Stuka Pilot'
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