Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna January 1943 akapedza zvidzidzo zvekufambisa kubva ku3rd Reserve Aviation Brigade yakavakirwa muSaratov uye akatumirwa ku27th Fighter Aviation Regiment semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wehondo. Mukuwedzera pakushanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wehurumende akashanda semufambisi wengarava uye mutungamiri wezvikwata mumamishinari; boka racho rakazogamuchira zita reGuards uye rakatumidzwa zita re129th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment muna Gumiguru 1943. Akazviratidza muhondo dze Voronezh neSteppe fronts uye muhondo dze
Kursk, Dnieper, Kirovograd, Korsun Shevchenko, Umansko-Botoshanskoy, uye Lvov-Sandomir. Pana 14 May 1943 iye rammed mumwe Junkers Ju 87 vanobhururuka bhomba pamwe yake Yak-1 pamusoro Gostishchevo, Belgorod uye vakabvisa pamwe parachuti yake pashure pokupererwa zvombo achibvisa dzimwe ndege mbiri German. Muna June akaita ndege yake yokutanga ari Bell P-39 Airacobra; mukuvamba July akatungamirira masangano mana varwi vari kurwiswa pamusoro nhamba mukuru muvengi masangano anenge 100 ndege. Ndege dzose ina dzechikwata chake dzakamhara zvakachengeteka pashure pokuparadza mabhomba mana evavengi nehondo mbiri, dzichiparadza gadziriro yacho. Zuva iroro chairo boka rake rakaita mamwe mabasa okurwa uye pamwe chete rakapfura ndege dzevavengi 16. Nokuda kwoushingi hwake muhondo dzendege uye 95 dzake dzokutanga dzokutanga akapiwa nyeredzi yake yekutanga yeHero yeSoviet Union yegoridhe musi wa 28 September 1943 nemutemo weSoviet Supreme.