{"id":1592181,"date":"2023-03-09T19:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T18:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1592181"},"modified":"2024-07-02T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:02:25","slug":"70056-ukrainian-teacher-a-fighter-ace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2023\/03\/09\/70056-ukrainian-teacher-a-fighter-ace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian teacher – a fighter ace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our newest boxart is Airacobra “01” “From the students of Mariupol” – the personal plane of Ivan Babak – a Ukrainian teacher who became a fighter ace of the Guards Regiment of the USSR Air Force.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The pilot, whose record included 35 individual and 5 shared kills, was particularly distinguished in 1943 in the battle of Mariupol, in the ranks of the famous 100th Guards Fighter Regiment (GIAP). In a reconnaissance flight, he detected trains used by the Germans to transport Ukrainian girls to slave labour, and then, together with his colleagues, he shot their locomotives, thwarting this undertaking. After the liberation, the grateful inhabitants of the city presented Babak with a personal Airacobra with a dedication “from the students of Mariupol”, additionally decorated with the silhouette of Nike, the goddess of victory.<\/p>\n

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Airacobra Modelem Roku 2023 – Medalowa Promocja!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n