Chapter 1223: Flight Instructor Roy (2/2)
Except for the sporadic battles with Finland, there are not many battles breaking out here.
It's always quiet here, only the fishing boats going back and forth, no one noticed some ships without any flags passing through Iceland to arrive here.
At this time, at the Naval Air Force Base in Vaniga, the regimental commander Boris Feokdistovich Safonov, with some of the best pilots carefully selected by himself, was waiting here eagerly.
A large number of planes were transported by ships, and now, there are already a small number of P-39 fighters, piloted by American pilots, directly flying here.
On the one hand, it is to allow Soviet pilots to obtain these fighters as soon as possible. On the other hand, these American pilots will serve as instructors after they arrive, helping Soviet pilots to become familiar with the aircraft and become capable of combat as soon as possible.
Safonov was very excited. He used to be an Air Force pilot, transferred to the Navy a few years ago, and is now the commander of the Navy’s 78th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
Their aircraft was originally the most backward Iraqi-16 fighter. With this backward aircraft, he once defeated the German BF109.
Although after investigation, these BF109s were driven by hired pilots, not German pilots, he was the pride of the Soviet naval aviation, and the ones that could shoot down BF109 were the best.
However, the backwardness of the aircraft is an indisputable fact, and now, his aviation unit will receive these fighters in the first batch. For them, that is of course the most exciting ~ ~ except for them. In addition, there are several experts from the Air Force Academy of Sciences, including chief engineers Rabkin, Usatov, Ivanov, and Niki Sishin, as well as test pilot Grofastov.
After learning the news that the first batch of American planes were about to arrive, they came here, hoping to conduct test flights of these fighters as soon as possible, compile flight outlines, determine flight quality, and create a foundation for equipping troops in large quantities as soon as possible.
After all, in the past, it was the Soviets that produced their own airplanes, and this was the first time this kind of foreign products.
They raised their heads and looked at the sky. At this time, three silver fighter planes were approaching them over the sea in the northwest.
On the first long flight, the pilot Roy looked at the soon-to-reach base in the distance, feeling excited.
Just a few years ago, although Roy was a veteran flying bird, he did not serve in the army, he was an aviation club flight instructor.
Up to now, he still remembers that the most impressive pilot he had brought was Rick, the German pilot who had a unique mastery of flying.
Later, Rick left and returned to Germany. In response to Hitler's call at the time, it is said that he entered the German Navy and became a naval aviation.
Now, with the continuous development of the war, the United States has also been involved. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Roy joined the American army. This time, as a flight instructor, he flew a P-39 fighter jet to the Soviet Union.
The United States and Germany have also entered a hostile state. Roy thought of the young pilot. I wonder if the next time we meet, will it be on the battlefield?
”Attention, we are about to arrive at the Vaniga base ahead, ready to enter the landing route.” Roy, as the leader of the team, shouted to the wingman behind. ()
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