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Maj. Mikhail N. Yakushin, the Red Five aerobatic group, the Soviet Union, 1939
The Red Five (Krasnaya Petyorka) was an
aerobatic group of the Soviet military air force
(VVS
–
Voyenno vozdushnye sily), operating in
1939–1940. Today, three of its five members are
known: the leader of the group, Major Mikhail
Nesterovich Yakushin, Lieutenant Colonel V.
Klevtsov and Captain Y. Shishkin. Mikhail Yakushin
(alias Rodrigo Mateu) was the ace of the Spanish
Civil War, where he shot down five enemy aircraft
(three CR-32s and two Ju 52s) and another one
achieved as shared victory. Yakushin spent half
a year in Spain (from May 31 to November 15,
1937) flying I-15s. In 1938 he was also serving
in China. During the Great Patriotic War, he
served in various command positions, ending the
war with the rank of colonel as commander of
the 215 Fighter Division. The aircraft of the Red
Five were fully armed ones, ready for combat
deployment. The paint scheme was pre-war gray
AE-9 camouflage paint with a black AE-11 engine
cowling and additional decorative elements
– a white-lined black stripe on the fuselage
(extending over and onto the leading edge of the
elevator) and a bright red aft.
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