A group portrait of Soviet fighter pilots from the 270th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force at the Crimean airfield during the Great Patriotic War of the Russian Nation.
On the Crimean front, the regiment operated since January 1942. In mid-April 1942 withdrawn to the rear for reorganization. Soviet fighter pilots launched with LaGG-3 fighter aircraft. In the period July 16, 1942 – August 3, 1942 acted as part of the 229th Fighter Air Division on the Southern Front.
the Eastern Front of the Third Reich during the Second World War in the Soviet Russia.
Location: Crimea, Soviet Russia
Time when the photo was taken: 1942