The Russian pilots and gunners from 566th Assault Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force on background of the Il-2 assault aircraft. Among the pilots are one Hero and one twice Hero of Soviet Union. Eastern Front of the Second World War in Europe.
566 (Solnechnogorsk) Assault Aviation Regiment was part of the 277th Assault Air Division of the 1st Air Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front of the Red Army.
Il-2 personnel from the Soviet 566th Assault Regiment:
At the bottom in the center, in a dark uniform – Golomazov Mikhail Ivanovich.
Above him, a little to the left, with blond hair – Korchagin Lev Pavlovich Hero of the Soviet Union.
To the left of Korchagin – Myhlik Vasily Ilyich, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.
Location: Eastern Europe
Time taken: 1944
The source of the Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft photo: Family archive of A. Golomazov.