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6 March 2015 Special

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From 07.00 GMT on March the 7th to 07.00 GMT on March the 10th

Unique Pokryshkin’s P39N-0 will be available for purchase.

Complete the tasks and receive bonuses, trophies, discounts to purchase
Pokryshkin’s P39N-0. And once completing all 3 stages you will recieve the aircraft for free!

Participate in the duel tournament, dedicated to the 102nd anniversary
of Pokryshkin’s birthday and win Golden Eagles!

Perform staged tasks, receive unique bonuses for each stage and a discount on the purchase
of Pokryshkin’s P39N-0. Get an aircraft for free after completing all three stages!

Each step increases the progress of the other two!

Stage I: Destroy 20 enemy aircraft or ground vehicles

For the completion of this stage, you will receive a personal 20% discount on the purchase of Pokryshkin’s P39N-0 as well as a Pokryshkin’s trophy with a chance to drop one of the following items:

"The Best Squad" Wager
"Destroy Units" Wager
+500% research points booster for 1 battle
+500% silver lions booster for 1 battle
Premium account for 3 days
120000 Silver Lions

Stage II: Destroy 50 enemy aircraft or ground vehicles. Beside this task, you also need to complete a "Teamwork" achievement in 10 different battles.

For the completion of this stage, you will receive a personal 50% discount on the purchase of Pokryshkin’s P39N-0 as well as a Pokryshkin’s trophy with a chance to drop one of the following items:

"The Best Squad" Wager
"Destroy Units" Wager
+500% research points booster for 1 battle
+500% silver lions booster for 1 battle
Premium account for 3 days
120000 Silver Lions

Stage III: Destroy 90 enemy aircraft or ground vehicles. Beside this task, you will also need to complete "The Best Squad" achievement 3 times.

For the completion of this stage, you will receive Pokryshkin’s P39N-0 for free as well as a Pokryshkin’s trophy with a chance to drop one of the following items:

The Best Squad" Wager
"Destroy Units" Wager
+500% research points booster for 1 battle
+500% silver lions booster for 1 battle
Premium account for 3 days
120000 Silver Lions

Alexander Pokryshkin

Alexander Pokryshkin was born on March the 6th, 1913 (Gregorian calendar, March 19th, 1913) in Novonikolaevsk in the Urals. Since childhood, he dreamed of aviation and was ready to do everything to make this dream come true.

Against the wishes of his parents, young Alexander entered craftsman school as he could only enroll as a pilot if he acquired a profession, which Pokryshkin achieved after 4 years. During his studies, he completed a two-year flying course in just 17 days and passed his exams with the highest score.

Upon completion of flight school, Pokryshkin joined the 55th GIAP (Gvardeyskiy Istrebitelnyy Aviatsionyy Polk, Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment) at Balti airbase near the Soviet-Romanian border at that time. Alexander devoted all his spare time in self-study of various disciplines which was likely to have had significant influence in the mastery of his profession. Another special period in Pokryshkins life was physical training: to control the machine in combat, a pilot needed great physical strength and a developed situational awareness. During his time in the 55th, Pokryshkin flew the I-15, I-153 and the MiG-3.

In the fierce battles during his war against experienced opponents, Pokryshkin soon realized the need to streamline the ways of conducting air combat. One of his self penned journals that came out of this was "Fighter Tactics in Combat", pilot notes” that were later passed to the Central Armed Forces Museum.

During the war, Pokryshkin was entrusted with the training of young pilots, teaching them everything he had learned by example. At the end the war, Colonel Pokryshkin was ordered to take command of the 9th Guards Air Division. He flew 650 combat sorties, in which he achieved 59 individual and 6 shared kills.

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