Alexander Pokryshkin was born on March 6th 1913 in Novo-Nikolaevsk (now Novosibirsk) to a working-class family. He was fascinated by planes from the age of 12 and at the age of 19 he volunteered for the Red Army, where he trained as an aircraft technician. During his vacation and unbeknownst to his superiors, he completed a year-long civilian pilot program in 17 days, allowing him to enroll in military pilot courses. During World War II, he became the most successful Soviet ace flying an American aircraft and preferred the P-39. Pokryshkin continued his military career after the war, rising to the rank of air marshal.
Pokryshkin’s P-39N-0 is temporarily available for Golden Eagles!
His aircraft is available for 1300 Golden Eagles.
When: From March 6th (10:00 GMT) until March 10th (10:00 GMT).
Where: USSR > Aviation > Premium vehicles.
About this aircraft
- Pokryshkin’s P-39N-0 has less machine guns in the wings, making it faster and more maneuverable, allowing you to utilize the excellent flight characteristics of this aircraft to defeat any enemy! The powerful 37 mm M4 cannon in the nose can take out enemies with a hit, with backup from the two 12.7 mm Browning machine guns in the nose for good measure.
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great plane, very much a sealclubbing monster
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Oh boy I sure do love flying my 2.0 plane!
The P-39N is coming.
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Going to recieve an updated FM this patch as well
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Could we get more ace planes at some point?
What about the Tempest Mk.V/early of Ronald “Bee” Beamont
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I absolutley called some russian aviation thing getting a sale but the first flight of the supermarine spitfire that was yesterday got nothing.
Justice for R J Mitchell
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If I’m not mistaken the current monthly profile picture is chosen specifically because Johnson flew Spitfires. Same logic with 2024 and 2023 profile pictures, meaning 3/3 were dedicated to Spitfire aces and R.J. Mitchell himself.
Not to mention that there’ve been reoccurring sales of Plagis’ and Prendergast’s Spitfires dedicated to the D-Day, or Battle of Britain day, or the maiden flight of Spitfire Mk.IX.
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P-39, on the other hand, became famous on the Eastern front not lastly thanks to 9th GIAD and Pokryshkin specifically: surprisingly many of USSR’s top Airacobra aces flew with the 9th GIAD (16 GIAP, 100 GIAP, 104 GIAP), which I don’t consider a coincidence.
When Pokryshkin is discussed, the common figure is 30 Heroes of the SU that came from under his command.
From left to right: Klubov (31+19), Rechkalov (56+6), Trud (25+1), Glinka (30+1)
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I’d love an ace’s F4U or F6F in the american tech tree.
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Definitely also one I would buy