Ivan Drachenko

Full cavalier of the order of glory, hero of the soviet union (1922-1994).

Born November 15th, 1922 in Velyka Sevastianivka.

Died November 16th, 1994 at 72 years old in Kyiv.

Occupations
aircraft pilot, writer
Wikipedia

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon