Kozhedub was awarded three Hero of the Soviet Union awards and the Order of Lenin
whilst the great Zeppelins offered themselves as huge
Lt Col Ernest Bankey (deceased)
and under Air Wing Commander James Stockdale
Forty Eight Hours, Wajsma, Central Russia, 11th - 12th December 1942 by David Pentland. (B) BAT132 Kozhedub was awarded three HeroDP0150B. Forty Eight Hours, Wajsma, Central Russia, 11th 12th December 1942 by David Pentland. Wachtmeister Fritz Amling was a gun commander in 3rd Battery, Sturmgeschutz Battalion 202, in the Wajsma sector of the front at the start of the Soviet Operation Mars. During the first days fighting Amling, along with his gunner Bruno Guskowski, accounted for 24 enemy tanks, five of these in one minute! By the end of the second day, despite being wounded