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Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin (b.1913), marshal of the Air Force, thrice Hero of the Soviet Union (1943, 1943, 1944).
During the World War 2 he served as a fighter pilot in different positions starting from the squadron deputy commander and ending up as the Air Force division commander.
Pokryshkin's WWII record:
- 600 combat missions
- 145 air fights
- over 60 enemy aircraft shot down
