Background
IVANOV, Ivan was born in 1909 in village Chizhovo, Moscow Province.
IVANOV, Ivan was born in 1909 in village Chizhovo, Moscow Province.
1934 graduate Odessa Military Pilots’ School.
From 1931 in Red Army. 1941 commander, flight of fighter aircraft. 22 June 1941 in an air battle over Western Ukraine performed the first ramming of an enemy aircraft in the history of World War 2 and died in so doing.