Aug 27, 2019
Tarasov explaining his victory to General Major Ye.Ya. Savitskij, commander of the 3 IAK. Note 15 victories marked on the 109’s rudder. The aircraft was Lt. Erich Hartmann’s personal mount, then a rising star of 7./JG 52 with seventeen kills. Hartmann finished the war as the world’s highest scoring fighter ace with 352 kills. (Author’s collection)
Photos and caption featured in Stalin's Eagles: An Illustrated Study of the Soviet Aces of World War II and Korea (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) by Hans D. Seidl