Ivan Khaustov was born in 1917.

At the time of the German attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, Leytenant Khaustov served in the 153 IAP, which was equipped with the Polikarpov I-153.

During June, he was transferred to 197 IAP, which also was equipped with the I-153.

On 20 August, he claimed his two first victories when he claimed two Bf109s, one over Chudovo and one over Ivankovo

In October 1941, he was posted to 440 IAP. This unit was at the time equipped with MiG-3s.

He was posted to 157 IAP in 1942. During his time with this unit, he flew Hawker Hurricanes, Yak-7s and Yak-9s.

In October 1943, he was posted to 21 IAP. During his time with this unit, he flew La-5s and La-7s.

In early 1944, his La-5 was shot down but he survived to return safely to his unit.

By the end of 1944, he had flown more than 400 sorties.

On 6 March 1945, he did not return from a combat sortie.

At the time of his death, Khaustov was credited with 2 biplane victories and a total of 10.
During his career, he had been decorated with the Order of Lenin.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	20/08/41		1	Bf109	Destroyed	I-153		Chudovo	197 IAP
2	20/08/41		1	Bf109	Destroyed	I-153		Ivankovo	197 IAP
	1942
	07/03/42		1/6	Ju88	Shared destroyed			NW Kholm
	07/03/42		1/6	Do215	Shared destroyed			NW Kholm
	07/03/42		1/6	Ju88	Shared destroyed			near Kholm
	07/03/42		1/5	Ju88	Shared destroyed			near Kholm
	07/03/42		1/5	Ju88	Shared destroyed			near Kholm
	07/03/42		1/5	He126	Shared destroyed
?	07/03/42		1	Ju88	Destroyed			near Kholm
?	12/08/42		1	Ju88	Destroyed			Polunino-Rzhev
	12/08/42		1/4	Bf109	Shared destroyed			Rzhev
	13/08/42		1/4	Bf109	Shared destroyed			SE Rzhev
	13/08/42		1/7	Ju88	Shared destroyed			Timofeeva
	14/08/42		1/4	Ju88	Shared destroyed			near Rzhev
	1944
?	06/02/44		1	Fw190	Destroyed			SE Lake Zaronovskoe	21 IAP
?	01/05/44		1	He126	Destroyed			E Knyazevo	21 IAP
?	24/06/44		1	Fw190	Destroyed			Valyushino	21 IAP
?	28/07/44		1	Fw190	Destroyed			Skapishkis	21 IAP
?	28/07/44		1	Fw190	Destroyed			Skapishkis	21 IAP

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 10 and 12 shared destroyed.

Sources:
Russian Fighter Aces of 1914-1953 years
Stalin's Falcons - Tomas Polak and Christopher Shores, 1999 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-01-2
Асы Великой Отечественной. Самые результативные летчики 1941-1945 гг - Mikhail Bykov, 2007 Moscow, ISBN 978-5-699-20526-4