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Jun 08, 1920 Obrazhiivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine Died on 08 Aug 1991 (aged 71)
Soviet aviator, thrice hero of the Soviet Union
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About Ivan Kozhedub
- Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub (Russian: ???? H???????? ???????; Ukrainian: ???? ????????? ???????; 8 June 1920 – 8 August 1991) was a Soviet World War II fighter ace.
- Credited with over 60 solo victories by most historians, he is considered to be the highest scoring Soviet fighter pilot of World War II.
- He is one of the few pilots to have shot down a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet.
- He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on three occasions (4 February 1944, 19 August 1944, and 18 August 1945).
- After the war he remained in the military and commanded the 324th Fighter Air Division during Soviet operations in the Korean War.
