På nosig.se har jag postat en nyhet angående om en intervju med en yakpilot på simhq.
jag postar ingen direktlänk så ni lär er använda hemsidan :p
skurk...
Jag tror inte att Illu Juutilainen skulle hålla med ryssen om Yak-1:ans prestanda och förträfflighet.
Kanske inte fullt BEQ men det är en av de mer balanserade intervjuerna med en sovjetisk pilot jag sett. Däremot är det intressant att endel av Yak:ernas svagheter som han nämner inte speglas i IL-2.... :-OO
Vad jag förstod på Illu verkade Yak-1 vara rätt föråldrad jämfört med 109G och även ett bra byte för en Brewster?
Jo jämnfört med G serien är den ju "lite bakom", tänkte mest på manöverförmåga och hur han beskrev dess användning som eskort.
Finns det några trevliga artiklar att läsa online om denne Illu Juutilainen? Förvisso finns ju google, men ändå...
Här, (http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/juuti/juuti1.htm) här, (http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/juuti/juuti2.htm) här, (http://www.warbirdforum.com/illu.htm) och här (flera sidor) (http://www.sci.fi/~fta/finace01.htm) vore en god början iallafall. :)
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Vilken karl, jag citerar;
"Illu Juutilainen had a matter-of-factly and professional attitude to war and fighting. He did not hate the enemy. For example on 14th March 1942 he shot up the engine of a MiG-3 at Karkijarvi, Eastern Carelia. The enemy pilot belly-landed on a bush-covered marsh. Juutilainen flew over to check, and saw the Soviet pilot standing at his MiG, waving his hand. The Finnish pilot made another pass and rocked his wings in salute before retreating.
Another time, on 23 September 1943 there was a hard battle over the Sepeleva Lighthouse, 10 Me's against a number of Yak-1, LaGG-3 and La-5. Juutilainen had shot down one of each kind and his 20mm ammo was spent as he was attacked by another La-5 at a low altitude. The Finnish pilot did his standard trick: he pulled his fighter into a tight climbing turn, and kept climbing and waiting until the over-eager enemy pilot would stall his fighter in an futile attept to pull the correct deflection. When the La-5 had stalled and dived to recover manouverability, Juutilainen was already 20 m behind his tail. Both fighters recovered from the dive at wavetops. Juutilainen fired at the enemy, saw holes appear in the fuselage of the La-5 but the 7.9 mm bullets had no other effect. Suddenly the La-5 pulled up, the Me followed but the pilot blacked out. As he recovered, he found himself wingtip to wingtip with the enemy. The two pilots looked each other in the eye. Juutilainen found the situation amusing, he smiled and waved his hand. The Soviet pilot responded and rocked his wings as a sign of truce. The Finnish pilot responed. Again the Soviet pilot waved his hand and flew his fighter below the Me toward Kronstadt. Juutilainen also turned toward Suulajarvi. "