Fighter pilot, deputy squadron commander of the 34th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant of the Red Army, Sergei Platov. The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Nation.
While serving in the 34th IAP, he flew a MiG-3 fighter aircraft. Since 1943, Senior Lieutenant Sergei Platov served in the 178th Fighter Aviation Regiment, flying the Lovochkin La-5 fighter aircraft. By May 1945, Captain Platov had completed 433 combat missions. Having carried out 29 air battles, he shot down 6 enemy aircraft personally and 9 in a group.
Source: wunderwaffe.narod.ru.
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Location: USSR
Time when the photo was taken: 1942