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"A break between battles." Soviet fighter pilot Captain Viktor Vasilyevich Popov feeding pigeons on the tail of an aircraft. Popov served as a navigator of the 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment and was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner and the Medal of Honour. The Kalinin front, USSR. 1943

A break between battles. Soviet fighter pilot Captain Viktor Vasilyevich Popov feeding pigeons on the tail of an aircraft. Popov served as a navigator of the 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment and was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner and the Medal of Honour. The Kalinin front, USSR. 1943
"Where the fights took place yesterday." 1st Ukrainian Front, USSR. 1943Pigeons. A Soviet pilot feeding pigeons. The Kalinin front, USSR. 1943
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Photos from collection Olga Ignatovich: a rare view at war through the lens of the Soviet female photographer

Personnel passing by and carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps in front of Marshal I.S. Konev at an airfield. Soviet Il-2 attack aircrafts are seen in the background. 1945

Personnel passing by and carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps in front of Marshal I.S. Konev at an airfield. Soviet Il-2 attack aircrafts are seen in the background. 1945

Carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Marshal I. S. Konev in the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Marshal I. S. Konev in the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Colonel Alexander Pokryshkin, commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Poland, June - mid-August 1944

Colonel Alexander Pokryshkin, commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Poland, June - mid-August 1944

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft, tail number 32. In flight plan, you can see a map and a family photo. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft, tail number 32. In flight plan, you can see a map and a family photo. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A major conducts pre-flight training for a junior lieutenant in the cockpit of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft delivered to the USSR under Lend-Lease. 1945

A major conducts pre-flight training for a junior lieutenant in the cockpit of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft delivered to the USSR under Lend-Lease. 1945

Soviet pilots in front of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra plane. 1945

Soviet pilots in front of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" plane. 1945

Saying goodbye to the demobilised. Vienna, Austria. 1945

Saying goodbye to the demobilised. Vienna, Austria. 1945

Soviet female traffic controller. 1944-45

Soviet female traffic controller. 1944-45

Entering the German town of Glogau. In captured Glogau. (now Glogów - Poland). Glogau, East Prussia. March-April 1945

Entering the German town of Glogau. In captured Glogau. (now Glogów - Poland). Glogau, East Prussia. March-April 1945

Destroyed Wehrmacht building. Forst, Germany. April 1945

Destroyed Wehrmacht building. Forst, Germany. April 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

German officers taken prisoner. Germany. 1945

German officers taken prisoner. Germany. 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

The captured fortress city of Głogów. Glogau, Germany (now Glogów, Poland). March-April 1945

The captured fortress city of Głogów. Glogau, Germany (now Glogów, Poland). March-April 1945

Return. A blown up German 10.5cm Flak 38 air defence gun. Germany. 1944-1945

Return. A blown up German 10.5cm Flak 38 air defence gun. Germany. 1944-1945

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