Soviet pilots, flight commander of the 1st squadron of the 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant Dmitry Lobashev and his wingman Lieutenant Nikolai Pinchuk. Znamenka airfield.
Soviet pilots Dmitry Lobashev and Nikolai Pinchuk are standing near the Yak-7B aircraft. On the fuselage there is an inscription “Latviesu strelnieks” (“Latvian shooter”) and white lightning.
Dmitry Alekseevich Lobashev – flight commander of the 1st AE. Before his death on 09/04/43, he personally destroyed 9 enemy aircraft.
Pinchuk Nikolai Grigorievich in the 18th GIAP since October 1942. He finished the war as the commander of the 1st AE with the rank of captain. In total, during the war, he flew 307 sorties, conducted 68 air battles, in which he shot down 20 aircraft personally (1 of them by ramming) and one in a group. 04/19/45 Nikolai Pinchuk was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Location: USSR
Photo time: August 1943