Soviet Union
Major Timofey Gordeyevich Lobok
Soviet Union
Major Timofey Gordeyevich Lobok
1919 –
| Date | Decoration | Note |
| Order of Lenin | ||
| Order of the Red Banner | 1st | |
| Order of the Red Banner | 2nd | |
| Order of the Red Banner | 3rd | |
| Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class | ||
| Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class | ||
| Order of the Red Star |
Timofey Lobok was born in 1919.
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, mladshiy leitenant Lobok served in 22 IAP. This regiment was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s and operated on the South-Western Front.
Between 23 November 1941 and 10 May 1942, the regiment was reorganized and re-equipped with LaGG-3s.
On 10 May, the went back to combat operations on the South-Western Front.
Between 6 July 1942 and15 July 1942, they retrained on the Yak-1.
On 27 July, they went back to combat operations with Yak-1s. This time on the Stalingrad Front.
They moved to the Southern Front on 1 January 1943.
On 18 March 1943, 2 IAP became a guards-unit and renamed to 85 GIAP.
The Southern Front was renamed to 4th Ukrainian Front on 20 October 1943.
In May-July 1944, the regiment was supplemented with Yak-9s.
On 14 July, the resumed combat operations on the 1st Ukrainian Front.
The regiment moved to the 2nd Ukrainian Front on 13 September 1944.
Between 1 April and 28 April, they received Yak-3s.
Major Lobok ended the war with 1 biplane victory and a total of 6.
These had been claimed during 394 combat missions and 57 air combats.
Claims:
| Kill no. | Date | Time | Number | Type | Result | Plane type | Serial no. | Locality | Unit |
| 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 04/08/41 | 1 | Bf 109 | Destroyed | I-153 | Kiev region | 2 IAP | ||
| 1942 | |||||||||
| 18/05/42 | 1/? | FW 189 | Shared destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | |||
| 2 | 19/05/42 | 1 | Bf 109 | Destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | ||
| 20/05/42 | 1/4 | FW 189 (a) | Shared destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | |||
| 3 | 10/06/42 | 1 | He 111 | Destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | ||
| 14/06/42 | 1/? | Ju 88 | Shared destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | |||
| 21/06/42 | 1/? | Bf 109 | Shared destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | |||
| 26/06/42 | 1/? | He 111 | Shared destroyed | LaGG-3 | Kharkov region | 2 IAP | |||
| ??/12/42 | 1/? | Ju 90 | Shared destroyed | LaGG-3 | Stalingrad | 2 IAP | |||
| 1943 | |||||||||
| 4 | 30/07/43 | 1 | Bf 109 | Destroyed | Yak-1 | Kamyshevakha | 85 GIAP | ||
| 1944 | |||||||||
| 5 | 12/08/44 | 1 | Ju 88 | Destroyed | Yak-1, Yak-9 | E Bosovitse | 85 GIAP |
Biplane victories: 1 destroyed.
TOTAL: 5 and 6 shared destroyed.
(a) This claim can’t be verified with Luftwaffe records.
Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov
