Alexander Pokryshkin
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Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin was a Soviet fighter pilot in World War II, and later a marshal of aviation. He was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an
Pokryshkin in 1943
Vocational school student Pokryshkin c. 1930.
Pokryshkin in 1940.
Pokryshkin in early 1945
Burt Lancaster
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Burton Stephen Lancaster was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough characters with tender hearts, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year ca
Alexander Pokryshkin
…TV Series The Unknown War, in episode 9, entitled "War in the Air", and, at the beginning and end of the episode, he spoke to the host and narrator, Burt Lancaster. There are two Soviet-made documentaries about Alexander Pokryshkin: Pokryshkin in the Sky (1945), and Russian Ace Alexander Pokryshkin (1985…
Lancaster in Desert Fury in 1947
Group portrait of the Circus Unit of the WPA Federal Theatre Project, with Lancaster standing at the back
Lancaster and Nick Cravat performing with the Federal Theatre Project Circus (1935–38)
1945 Military discharge form saved from the 1973 National Personnel Records Center fire