OVA
Description
Aleksandra Ivanovna Pokryshkin, widely known as Sasha, commands the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing as Orussia's premier flying ace. Early exposure to mechanics through her engineer father forged exceptional technical skills. She initially contemplated a career as a mechanic or technician but independently mastered air combat tactics using Reine Fonck's textbooks, compensating for Orussia's undeveloped early-war air technology. This self-education forged strong bonds with Gallian witches and shaped Orussia's recruitment of Gallian exiles, including Pilot Officer Lemare.
Her combat record and tactical textbook, distilled from experiences during the Karlsland and Orussia evacuations, cemented her status as a key combat instructor. The textbook's straightforward approach led to its broad adoption throughout Orussian forces. She champions information sharing between units, reinforcing her structured command style.
Assigned to the 502nd after Operation Barbarossa, she commands frontline defense operations in Karlsland and European sectors. The unit suffers high attrition from intense combat sorties and frequent striker losses, worsened by chronic equipment shortages despite Liberion supplies. Her role demands constant management of these logistical constraints to sustain readiness.
Her personality merges perfectionism with pragmatism, often tempering the impulsiveness of comrades like Krupinski and Katajainen. She shares a close, caretaker bond with Nikka Edvardine Katajainen, regularly repairing Nikka's damaged striker units. Nikka's accident-prone nature strains resources but deepens their mutual reliance.
Her magical ability, "Image Memorization," grants flawless recall of anything experienced while using magic, from complex schematics to mundane details like past meals. This surpasses photographic memory in depth and technical precision. While invaluable for strategy and machinery repair—especially Nikka's strikers—it sees limited combat use due to her focus on maintenance duties.
In the Petersburg Grand Strategy OVA, set between Brave Witches episodes 7 and 8, she intervenes in conflicts involving Eila, Waltrud, and Sanya. After halting Eila and Waltrud's intrusion on Sanya, she recruits Eila to instruct 502nd witches on tactics. Eila's struggle to explain her precognition-based methods frustrates trainees like Hikari and Naoe, showcasing Aleksandra's role in bridging diverse skill levels.
Her striker units include a brown-camouflaged MiG-60 (No. 67) for southern operations and a minimally marked, olive-green MiG i-225 prototype (No. 3) for daytime combat, reflecting her practical approach. She flew older Liberion-supplied Bell P-39 units during Orussia's evacuation.
She employs a DP-27 machine gun in combat. Her namesake, Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin, nicknamed "Engineer," achieved 47 victories in Bell P-39s, becoming the highest-scoring Allied pilot on U.S. fighter designs.
Her combat record and tactical textbook, distilled from experiences during the Karlsland and Orussia evacuations, cemented her status as a key combat instructor. The textbook's straightforward approach led to its broad adoption throughout Orussian forces. She champions information sharing between units, reinforcing her structured command style.
Assigned to the 502nd after Operation Barbarossa, she commands frontline defense operations in Karlsland and European sectors. The unit suffers high attrition from intense combat sorties and frequent striker losses, worsened by chronic equipment shortages despite Liberion supplies. Her role demands constant management of these logistical constraints to sustain readiness.
Her personality merges perfectionism with pragmatism, often tempering the impulsiveness of comrades like Krupinski and Katajainen. She shares a close, caretaker bond with Nikka Edvardine Katajainen, regularly repairing Nikka's damaged striker units. Nikka's accident-prone nature strains resources but deepens their mutual reliance.
Her magical ability, "Image Memorization," grants flawless recall of anything experienced while using magic, from complex schematics to mundane details like past meals. This surpasses photographic memory in depth and technical precision. While invaluable for strategy and machinery repair—especially Nikka's strikers—it sees limited combat use due to her focus on maintenance duties.
In the Petersburg Grand Strategy OVA, set between Brave Witches episodes 7 and 8, she intervenes in conflicts involving Eila, Waltrud, and Sanya. After halting Eila and Waltrud's intrusion on Sanya, she recruits Eila to instruct 502nd witches on tactics. Eila's struggle to explain her precognition-based methods frustrates trainees like Hikari and Naoe, showcasing Aleksandra's role in bridging diverse skill levels.
Her striker units include a brown-camouflaged MiG-60 (No. 67) for southern operations and a minimally marked, olive-green MiG i-225 prototype (No. 3) for daytime combat, reflecting her practical approach. She flew older Liberion-supplied Bell P-39 units during Orussia's evacuation.
She employs a DP-27 machine gun in combat. Her namesake, Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin, nicknamed "Engineer," achieved 47 victories in Bell P-39s, becoming the highest-scoring Allied pilot on U.S. fighter designs.