Twenty-seven soviet fighter pilots, Thrice or Twice Heroes of the Soviet Union, had won from twenty-two to sixty-two battles each, destroying one thousand and forty-four enemy aircrafts in total (individually), plus one hundred and eighty-four enemy aircrafts in-group. Over eight hundred pilots won over sixteen battles each. Soviet ace airmen (three percent of all pilots) destroyed thirty percent of the enemy air force. You can find a list of the pilots that had won forty plus battles individually during the years of the Great Patriotic War below.
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