The Allied Ace was Dantoo, He was representing: Major Alexei Maras’yev – In April 1942 Maras’yev was shot down and severely injured both feet in the crash. It took him 19 days but he managed to crawl back to friendly lines. Determined to return to flying he was fitted with artificial feet and returned to flying combat missions at Kursk in the La-5. He shot down 10 of his 19 total enemy aircraft during the battle and was awarded the Gold Star of a Hero of the Soviet Union.
While flying his La-5FN Dantoo claimed 3 assists. He landed successfully at the end of the frame.
The Axis Ace was TxCoyote He was representing: Oberfeldwebel Hubert Strassl – Strassl claimed his first Soviet aircraft July 6th 1942. He then claimed 13 victories by the end of that year. He was then transferred away from the front for instructional duties. He returned in May of 1943 and by the end of June his score had reached 36 victories. He would then go on a four day hot streak shooting down 15 aircraft in 4 separate missions on July 5th then he would shoot down 4 on the 6th, 6 on July 7th and 5 on July 8th. His streak ran out later that day on July 8th when he baled out at low level and his parachute failed to open. Strassl was posthumously awarded the Knights Cross on November 12th 1943.
While flying his Bf 109G-6 TxCoyote was really trying hard to mimic a Hubert Strassl type kill streak shooting down 8 Soviet Aircraft! 2 Boston Mk IIIs flown by Trainee of ~~~THE UNFORGIVEN~~~, 4 P-40Ns flown by Filth, CptA, SIRB, BLBird of VMF-101 Nightmares and 2 P-40Ns flown by Spite and RELIC of Jokers Jokers and also claimed 1 assist. He landed successfully at the end of the frame.
Allied Ace Mission: 0
Axis Ace Mission: 160 Points (8 enemy kills landed successfully)
Allied Pilots: 162
Axis Pilots: 152
Allied Kills: 98
Axis Kills: 138
Allied Assists:53
Axis Assists: 87
Allied Objects Destroyed: 66
Axis Objects Destroyed: 43
Congratulations to Butcher for being the top allied scorer with 7 kills. Doc72CH had the most objects destroyed with 7.
Congratulations to TxCoyote being the top Axis scorer with 8 ACE victories and SlipKnot for having the most objects destroyed on the Axis side with 10.
