01-12-2010, 05:09 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Originally Posted by winny
No problem. It's Ivan Nikitovich Kozhdubs La-7 in the pic btw, for all you trivia buffs...
During WWII, Ivan Kozhedub flew 326 combat missions, took part in 126 aerial combats, and achieved 62 kills (in them 22 FW 190 and 18 Ju 87). The planes he flew were La-5 FN & La-7 fighters. In 1949, he finished the Zhukovski Military Aviation Academy. In 1956, he graduated from the High Command´s Academy, after which he was promoted to General.
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Great history lesson! Great fit for me b/c I *love* the LA-7 too... 
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