Soviet pilot Senior Lieutenant Vasily Kiselev (1916 – June 06, 1944) from the 34th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force at the military airfield. The Eastern Front, Second World War in Societ Russia (the Great Patriotic War, June 22, 1941 – May 09, 1945).
In the background is a MiG-3 the Soviet fighter aircraft.
Vasily Kiselev completed 251 sorties. He conducted 21 air battles, shot down 7 enemy aircraft personally and 4 as part of a group.
On June 6, 1944, the commander of the 3rd squadron of the 34th IAP, Captain Vasiliy Alekseevich Kiselev, died near the city of Rzhev while trying to intercept an enemy reconnaissance aircraft.
The photo information source: wunderwaffe.narod.ru.
Place of photo: USSR
Shooting time: 1941