MFA Russia 🇷🇺(@mfa_russia):#FacesOfVictory ⚔️ #OTD 85 years ago, Soviet fighter pilot Viktor #Talalikhin, flying an I-16, carried out one of the first aerial ramming attacks of the Great Patriotic War, bringing down a Nazi Heinkel He 111 bomber. His courage inspired millions. https://t.co/ZPLvYlGDuV

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#FacesOfVictory# ⚔️ #OTD# 85 years ago, Soviet fighter pilot Viktor #Talalikhin#, flying an I-16, carried out one of the first aerial ramming attacks of the Great Patriotic War, bringing down a Nazi Heinkel He 111 bomber. His courage inspired millions.