Ivan Kozhedub Military person
Marshal of Aviation Ivan Nykytovych Kozhedub (Russian: Иван Никитович Кожедуб; June 8, 1920 — August 8, 1991) was a Soviet military aviator and a World War II fighter ace. Kozhedub took a part in the Korean War as a commander of the 324th Fighter Air Division. He is credited with 64 +2 (P-51) individual air victories, most of them flying the Lavochkin La-5. 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; 18 August 1945).
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| service start | 1940 |
| service end | 1985 |