{"id":100883,"date":"2026-02-16T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=100883"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:41:35","slug":"unsung-heroes-of-the-eastern-front-soviet-fighter-aces-ww2-gallery-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/16\/unsung-heroes-of-the-eastern-front-soviet-fighter-aces-ww2-gallery-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsung Heroes of the Eastern Front &#8211; Soviet Fighter Aces &#8211; WW2 Gallery 08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pfLLUfCkBlY?si=-35mmA-VK7Pvrm0v\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re back with another helping of fighter ace tales, this time taking us to the USSR. From the personal brilliance of Ivan Kozhedub, to the cerebral genius of Alexander Pokryshkin, come with us as we explore five more individual stories of skill, determination, self-sacrifice, and tragedy, who defined a generation of Soviet aviation in a theatre of WW2 where the aerial campaign is so often overlooked in favor of the ground war. <\/p>\n<p>Check out <em>Sabaton History<\/em>&#8216;s episode about the Night Witches:    \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mKd2_GGtNRw\" target=\"_blank\">Night Witches \u2013 Female Soviet Pilots \u2013 Sab&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><br \/>\nArchive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCo-produced by: James Newman<br \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Tom Aldis, Indy Neidell<br \/>\nResearch by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nEdited by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nArtwork by: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by: Olga Shirnina, a.k.a. 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