Mikhail Gorbanev was born in 1910.

Starshiy leitenant Gorbanec took part in the Soviet-Finnish Winter War in 1939-1940 where he flew Polikarpov I-153s in 38 IAP but without claiming anything.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, he was still flying I-153s in 38 IAP.

On 14 August, three I-153s from 38 IAP claimed one Ju 88 Over Kobylkino and one Bf 110 over Ramushevo. It seems that two of the pilots involved in these claims were Gorbanev and Lazar Chapchakhov.

On 19 August, four I-153s from 38 IAP claimed one Bf 109 over Suslovo and one over Utochkino. One of the claiming pilots was Gorbanev. It’s possible that one of the other claiming pilots was Aleksandr Yelkhov since it’s known that he claimed two shared Bf 109s during the day.

He was posted away from 38 IAP in August 1941.

In January 1942, he was posted to 42 IAP and with this unit he flew LaGG-3s and Yak-7Bs.

On 4 August 1942, Gorbanev and Fedor Shinkarenko claimed one Ju 88 each over Pogoreloye Gorodishche on the Bryansk Front. Aleksandr Osipov (LaGG-3-37) claimed a shared Ju 88 together with two other pilots north of Pogoreloye Gorodishche and a Bf 109 as a single victory south-west of Pogoreloye Gorodishche.
Aleksandr Legchakov (LaGG-3-37) claimed a shared Ju 88 together with anoth pilot over Kutkovo.

Between Voskresenskoye and Bor, Gorbanev and Aleksandr Legchakov (LaGG-3-37) claimed a shared Ju 88 on 5 August.

Major Gorbanev was killed in air combat on 10 March 1943.

At the time of his death, Gorbanev was credited with 1 biplane victory and a total of 7.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	16/07/41		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	I-153		W Shimsk	38 IAP
	14/08/41		1/3	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	I-153		Kobylkino	38 IAP
	14/08/41		1/3	Bf 110	Shared destroyed	I-153		Ramushevo	38 IAP
	17/08/41		1/2	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	I-153		North-Western Front	38 IAP
	19/08/41		1/4	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Suslovo	38 IAP
	19/08/41		1/4	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Utochkino	38 IAP
	1942
2	07/07/42		1	He 111	Destroyed	LaGG-3		Buda Monastyrskaya - Zaprudno	42 IAP
3	04/08/42		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	LaGG-3		Pogoreloye Gorodishche	42 IAP
	05/08/42		1/2	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	LaGG-3		Voskresenskoye - Bor	42 IAP
4	18/08/42		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	LaGG-3		Silenki	42 IAP
5	24/08/42		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	LaGG-3		Vekshino	42 IAP
6	24/08/42		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	LaGG-3		Vergino	42 IAP
	1943
7	05/03/43		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-7B		Borisovo	42 IAP

Biplane victories: 1 and 5 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 7 and 6 shared destroyed.

Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov