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Cranston Fine Arts Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Veteran Signatures Russia Klimenko, Vitaliy

Captain Vitaliy Ivanovich Klimenko

On June 22, 1941, Lieutenant V.I. Klimenko joined the Great Patriotic War. Until November 1941, he fought as part of the 10th IAP, flew I-16 and MiG-3. From March 12, 1942 - flight commander in the 1st Guards IAP. He flew the Hurricane, Yak-1 and Yak-7. Guard Senior Lieutenant V.I. Klimenko flew 335 combat missions, conducted 42 air battles, in which he personally shot down 12 enemy aircraft. On June 24, 1945 he took part in the historic Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow. He died in 2014.

Captain Vitaliy Ivanovich Klimenko - Signed Aviation Art

Red Hot Pursuit by Simon Atack. One edition. The edition features 4 additional signature(s). £85.00

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Red Hot Pursuit by Simon Atack. Soviet Aces of the Eastern Front. Fighter Ace, First Lieutenant Stepanenko Ivan Nikiforovich, leads Yak 9s of the 4th IAP in pursuit of an Me109, during a contact on the Eastern Front, in the late summer of 1943.