"During World War II he participated in air combats in Kuban, shot down aircraft in the Kursk Salient, and participated in the battle in Stalingrad. By the end of World War II, he had been promoted to Major and was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 24 August 1943 for shooting down 31 enemy aircraft."
Another lethal ally,
Brian
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