The forgotten Soviet air ace. Ivan Nikitovich Kozedub managed to shoot down 62 enemies

The forgotten Soviet air ace. Ivan Nikitovich Kozedub managed to shoot down 62 enemies

Ivan Nikitovich Kozedub is one of the most successful air aces of World War II. Kozhedub was born on June 8, 1920 in the village of Obrazhievka. In 1939 he completed his pre-military flight training and was drafted into the Red Army in the summer of 1940. He graduated from the Chuguyevsky Aviation School and…