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$39,000.00 |
Certificate for the Marshal Star and the Rank of Air Force Marshal Awarded to Ivan Kozhedub, highest scoring allied ace of WW2. Comes in original leather bound case of issue, and includes a hardwood portrait salutation, several additional award documents and ID cards, and 2 photos. A document set of historic significance.
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$26,000.00 |
Certificate for the Marshal Star and the Rank of Supreme Marshal of Air Force, with original case of issue Awarded in 1984 to Aleksandr Koldunov, the eighth highest scoring Soviet fighter ace of WW2, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, and supreme commander of the Soviet Air Defense in the late 70s through late 80s when he became a central figure in two historical debacles: the destruction of Korean Air flight 007 and Mathias Rust's landing in Red Square.
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$4,950.00 |
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st cl., Type 1 Var. 3, #10091.
Awarded to a Shturmovik pilot, a Hero of the Soviet Union and an air ace with 9 aerial victories, for highly successful attacks upon German targets through the first half of 1943 and in the Battle of Kursk He was credited with 87 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground, the highest score for any allied pilot in WW2! Comes with massive amount of archival research, English translation and McDaniel authentication. Fine condition, rated 7 out of 10.
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$275.00 |
Group of 3 Award Documents to a serviceman of a Long Range Bomber unit
Includes certificates for Medals for the Defense of Stalingrad, Leningrad, and Caucasus - a highly uncommon combination of awards. The documents are in good to excellent condition.
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$640.00 |
School of Air Force Mechanics graduation badge, 1938-41.
In outstanding, excellent condition.
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$70.00 |
Unit citation to a combat aviator for taking part in the capture
of the Lithuanian port city of Klaipeda (Memel) in January 1945. Vivid artwork depicting Il-4 airplanes raining bombs on a western city.
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$270.00 |
Military Photo ID of a bomber navigator, an ethnic Jew. He had extensive Airborne Assault training and flew combat missions with a heavy bomber unit attached to Airborne troops. The ID contains very detailed WW2 service and award record. An extremely interesting and unusual document!
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$740.00 |
Group of 3 log books of Colonel Dmitriy Petrov, WW2 Naval Air Force fighter pilot.
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$95.00 |
Group of 2 posthumous documents to a fighter pilot Captain Mikhail Dovgan, awarded with an Order of the Red Banner in 1939 for fighting against the Japanese in Mongolia, and killed in a plane crash in 1940, while still on his tour of duty in Mongolia.
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$50.00 |
Spin Recovery Instruction for R-1 reconnaissance airplane pilots, mid 1930s
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$45.00 |
Studio Photo of a military pilot wearing an M 1936 Military Pilot School badge. Very uncommon period photo.
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$40.00 |
Aviators group original photo, showing winter flight gear. Large format.
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$35.00 |
Original group photo of aviators resting on an airfield, circa 1941. Shows 10 airmen dressed in M 40 summer uniforms.
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$37.00 |
Original wartime photo. Pilot and his mechanic fixing the aircraft circa 1943.
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$25.00 |
Original Photo of mechanics and pilots unfolding a monoplane trainer, circa late 1930s
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$34.00 |
Original photo from WW2 negative. Two aviators in winter gear studying their assignment.
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$30.00 |
Soviet pilots reporting to a commanding officer after a training flight. Circa late 1930s.
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$235.00 |
Heroes of the Air War over Leningrad, the Complete and Original 1941 portrait portfolio.
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$39.00 |
Contemporary lithographic portrait of pilot Hero of the Soviet Union. Nice.
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$60.00 |
Lithograph portrait of Fighter ace Trofim Litvinenko, Hero of the Soviet Union. He shot down 23 enemy airplanes Leningrad Front, circa 1944. Proof image without the tan background seen on the final portraits of the circa 1944 "Heroes of Leningrad Front" series, published by the Political Department of the Leningrad Front.
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$50.00 |
Lithograph of portrait Fighter ace Trofim Litvinenko, Hero of the Soviet Union. One of the famous circa 1944 "Heroes of Leningrad Front" portrait series.
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$50.00 |
Lithograph of portrait Fighter ace Pyotr Pokryshev, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. He shot down 23 enemy airplanes Leningrad Front. Part of the "Heroes of Leningrad Front" series, circa 1944.
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$1,175.00 |
WW2 era Soviet Air Force pilot's leather coat. Large size in very good to excellent condition. The classic Soviet WW2 flight jacket.
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$145.00 |
Airman's gauntlets, circa 1930s-40s
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$10.00 |
Air Force private shoulder boards, sewn-on type , 1940s, mint unissued.
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$275.00 |
Pilot's fur winter gloves, early or pre-WW2
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$170.00 |
Fur trimmed pilot's winter gauntlets, circa 1940s.
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$125.00 |
An Airman's named cigarette case in bakelite plastic, with presentation scroll, 30 December 1943. Very nice.
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$2,900.00 |
Official 1944 Bell Aircraft Corporation Technical Data report on the P-63 Kingcobra fighter, as provided to the Research Institute of the Air Force of the Red Army. Shows results of all tests performed by Soviet AF pilots who came to the US. Kingcobras became successful tankbusters for the Soviets. Fascinating document and a rare piece of aviation history.
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$145.00 |
"Great October 60 Years," 4 ½", 1977, porcelain medal commemorates the simultaneous anniversaries of the 1917 October Revolution and the famous Orshanskiy Fighter Air Regiment.
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$69.00 |
"History of Russian Aviation in Photographs" Russian and English text. 373 pages, big hardcover with stunning, high resolution photos on every page.
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$69.00 |
"Black Cross / Red Star - Air War Over the Eastern Front", Vol 3 - Everything for Stalingrad. English text. Hard cover with dust jacket, 280 pp. , 180 photos , 37 Aircraft Color Profiles. Highly recommended!
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$33.00 |
"Aleksandr Pokryshkin", Yuriy Ustinov. C. 2000, Moscow Patriot Publishing House. Large photo album documenting the Soviet Union's 2nd highest Ace and triple Hero of the Soviet Union. Russian text. Hard covered with dust jacket, 223 pp. Out of print.
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$34.00 |
"Attack of Airacobras. Soviet Aces, American P-39S & the Air War Against Germany" A very interesting study of Soviet pilots making the most out of American technology.
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$29.00 |
"Wings, Women & War. Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat" by Reina Pennnington, a very fine accounting of the uniquely Soviet phenomenon of female combat pilots in WW2. Very well written, a real treat!
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