Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Mai i te Pipiri 1943, i tohua a Lobov hei Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua mo te 322nd Fighter Aviation Division. I rere ia i te La-5 me te La-7, i whawhai ia i te Hauauru, Bryansk, 1st Baltic, 3rd Belorussian me te 1st Ukrainian. I uru ia ki te Pakanga o Kursk, Bryansk, Nevel
, Gorodok, nga whakaeke a Belarusian me Vistula-Oder. I te 25 o Hurae 1944, i arahi ia i tetahi whakaeke rererangi ki tetahi teihana tereina i Tilsit, East Prussia. I te marama o Akuhata 1944, i whakahaerehia e Lobov, i arahi hoki i te raupapa o nga whakaeke rererangi e 4 ki nga papa rererangi nui rawa atu o te hoariri i Prussia ki te Rawhiti. I te huringa o te whakahau o te wehenga mai i te 1 o Noema ki te 14 o Noema 1944, i mahi ia hei rangatira wehenga.