Dimitry Rodin was born in 1906.

From December 1941, Kapitan Rodin served in 269 IAP, flying Polikarpov I-153s.

He left 87 IAP in May 1942 and in July the same year, he was posted to 520 IAP. With this unit he flew Yak-1s.

On 12 December 1942, Vladimir Kitayev (283 IAD) and Rodin (520 IAP) claimed one Ju 52/3m each between Krivomuzchinskaya and Bol'shaya Rossoshka. Kitayev claimed an additional Bf 109 in the same area.

Major Rodin was shot down and killed in air combat on 12 January 1943.

At the time of his death, Rodin was credited with 1 biplane victory and a total of 8.
These had been claimed during 145 combat missions (as off 10 April 1942).
During his career he had been decorated with the Order of the Red Banner (twice).

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1942
1	05/02/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Sem' Kolodezey	269 IAP
2	09/08/42		1	He 111	Destroyed	Yak-1		E Olkhovka	520 IAP
3	09/09/42		1	Bf 110	Destroyed	Yak-1		Kuzmichi	520 IAP
	14/09/42		1/3	FW 189	Shared destroyed	Yak-1		Ivanovka	520 IAP
4	14/10/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-1		Kuzmichi	520 IAP
	20/10/42		1/2	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	Yak-1		Grachi	520 IAP
5	30/11/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-1		Dubinovsky area	520 IAP
6	12/12/42		1	Ju 52/3m	Destroyed	Yak-1		Krivomuzchinskaya - Bol'shaya Rossoshka	520 IAP
7	30/12/42		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Yak-1		Bugatovsky	520 IAP
	1943
8	04/01/43		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Yak-1		Pitomnik	520 IAP
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed
	??/??/4?		1/?	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed

Biplane victories: 1 destroyed.
TOTAL: 8 and 9 shared destroyed.

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