World War 2 : Ace of aces portrait 4b

Here, Ivan Nikitovitch Kozhedub is laughing at a joke (lol)

(Russian: Иван Никитович Кожедуб) Heis a Soviet aviator, born June 8, 1920 and died August 12, 1991. Soviet ace of the Second World War, he is considered the pilot of the Allied Air Forces having shot down the most large number of enemy aircraft during the war.

He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union three times. Nicknamed "Ivan the terrible" (lol)

He studied chemistry in Shostka and learned to fly in the same city's flying club.

An officer with the rank of commander in the Soviet Air Force, he claimed from July 6, 1943: -330 missions -120 aerial duels -62 enemy aircraft shot down, including 1 "MES 262 JET FIGHTER", the only one shot down by a Soviet pilot during the war.

In April 1951, he commanded the 324th Air Division, deployed to China in support of North Korea during the Korean War. However, he was not allowed to participate in combat missions.