Leonid Ivanov (pilot), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet aviator
Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1909
Place of Birth: Kashira, Russia
Date of Death: 28-Jun-1941
Profession: airman
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Leonid Ivanov (pilot)
- Leonid Illarionovich Ivanov (Russian: ?????? ???????????? ??????; 8 August 1909 – 27 June 1941) was a Soviet Air Force senior lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Ivanov was posthumously awarded the title for reportedly shooting down two German aircraft in the first days after Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, and being killed in a ramming attack (taran) while defending his airfield from a raid.
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