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Fighter pilot Vladimir Pokrovsky next to the Curtiss P-40 fighter

Fighter pilot, the future Hero of the Soviet Union (1943), Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Pavlovich Pokrovsky (1918-1998) next to his fighter Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk of American manufacturing, which supplies to the USSR under the Lend-Lease Act.

Curtiss P-40 – an American fighter during World War II, developed by Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

Location: USSR

Time taken: 1942
Author: Eugene Khaldey