Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1715 P-39N Airacobra White 01 Captain Ivan Il'ich Babak 100 GAIP, Germany, January 1945.
In April 1942 Ivan II’ich Babak was assigned to
45th IAP (45th Fighter Wing) of the 100th GIAP
(Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment) flying a Yak-1. In April 1943 Babak downed
14 fighters over Kuban
making him a top Kobra Ace and winning the HSU award – Hero of the Soviet Union.
Later that
year Babak contracted malaria and spent several months in hospital. On April 22, 1945
Babak was shot down and had 33 victories and 4 shared. The inscription below Babak’s
P-39N reads “From the school children of Mariupol”.
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