Soviet fighter pilot Major Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (future twice Hero of the Soviet Union and Air Chief Marshal) in the cockpit of the American-made P-39 Airacobra fighter. Karelian Front, Battle for the Arctic.
During the Great Patriotic War, Pavel Kutakhov flew 367 sorties, conducted 79 air battles, shot down 14 enemy aircraft personally and 28 in a group.
Location: USSR
Photo time: 1943