Soviet fighter pilot Boris Eremin posing in the cockpit of the Yak-1B fighter aircraft with the inscription: To the pilot of the Stalingrad Front Guards Major Eremin from the farmer’s farm Stakhanovite the Holovaty comrade.
Boris Eremin (1913-2005) during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union has made 342 sorties, carried out more than 100 attacks enemy ground positions, participated in 70 air battles, shot down 23 German aircraft (8 person, 15 per group). The Soviet fighter pilot Eremin was shot down twice, twice wounded.
Soviet PilotEremin received numerous awards, including six (!) Orders of the Red Banner. Twice (in 1944 and 1945) presented the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but the title was awarded only in 1990.
Location: USSR
Time taken: 1943