Fighter aircraft pilots Grigory Burenko, Victor Tabunov, Semen Lyavshenko and Nestor Linovitsky (from left to the right) on a military airfield

Commander of a squadron of Red Army 154th fighter aviation regiment senior lieutenant Petr Pokryishev

Crew of a bomber aircraft before taking off to combat mission Crew members of a bomber get ready to a combat flight, April 1945. Photo by Boris Myasnikov/TASS

V. Khitrin (2nd from the right) with his comrades in arms

Kolkhozniks of agricultural cartel “Kzil Bayrak” in Dubyazskiy region, Tatar Soviet Republic, handover airplane to Red Army. 1941-1945. Tatar Soviet Republic

First independent flight by student of skydiving and gliding club of the Society for the Assistance of Defense, Aircraft and Chemical Construction (abbreviated as OSOAVIAKHIM). Tatar Soviet Republic

V. Khitrin (2nd from the right) with his comrades in arms

Hero of the Soviet Union, First Lieutenant. At the front since June 1941. Flight Commander of the 29th Fighter Aviation Regiment, during four months of the war made 173 sorties. In ten air battles, he shot down seven planes (in a group). The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on 22.10.1941. Awarded the Order of Lenin.

октябрь 1941 г.

V. Khitrin (2nd from the right) with his comrades in arms

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