Ivan Kozhedub

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Hero of the Soviet Union Soviet military aviator World War II veteran fighter ace human

Ivan Kozhedub was a Soviet World War II fighter ace and three-time Hero of the Soviet Union, widely regarded as one of the highest-scoring Allied pilots of the war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet military aviator ⓘ
World War II veteran ⓘ
fighter ace ⓘ
human ⓘ
aircraftFlown Lavochkin La-5 ⓘ
Lavochkin La-7 ⓘ
allegiance Soviet Union ⓘ
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Order of Alexander Nevsky ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ
Order of the Patriotic War ⓘ
Order of the Red Banner ⓘ
burialPlace Novodevichy Cemetery ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments in Ukraine and Russia ⓘ
streets and military units named in his honor ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-06-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-08-08 ⓘ
education Chuhuiv Military Aviation School of Pilots ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ukrainians ⓘ
familyName Kozhedub ⓘ
givenName Ivan ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
Ukrainian ⓘ
militaryBranch Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank Marshal of Aviation ⓘ
militaryUnit 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ⓘ
240th Fighter Aviation Regiment ⓘ
nativeName Иван Кожедуб ⓘ
notableAchievement credited with over 60 aerial victories ⓘ
one of the highest-scoring Allied fighter aces of World War II ⓘ
notableFor combat effectiveness as a Soviet fighter pilot in World War II ⓘ
notableWork air victories on the Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ
numberOfAerialVictories over 60 ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
partOf Allied air forces ⓘ
surface form: Allied air forces in World War II
placeOfBirth Obrazheyevo, Sumy Governorate, Ukrainian SSR ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
positionHeld deputy commander of an air army in the postwar Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
title three-time Hero of the Soviet Union ⓘ

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