EVB2944589: Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot Mikhial Baranov on the Don River front, 1942. His plane displays 24 stars for his victories against the Germans. He died on Jan. 15, 1943 while performing aerobatic figures in a Yak-1 fighter. Photo by Georgii Zelma, Zelma, Georgy (1906-84) / Bridgeman Images