Ivan Videnkin was born in 1915.

In December 1941, he was posted to 482 IAP, which was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s.

On 19 July, a Ju 88 was claimed as a shared destroyed over Bataysk by eight pilots from 482 IAP. Among these pilots were leitenant Pavel Vasil’yev and Videnkin.

He left 482 IAP in September 1942.

Between July and October 1943, he served in 821 IAP, which was equipped with Spitfires.

When he left 821 IAP in October 1943, he was posted to 494 IAP, which was equipped with Airacobras.

494 IAP was in combat with FW 190s over Skrunda on 18 November 1944 and Ivan Videnkin claimed one wile Ivan Ilyushi (2. eskadrilya) claimed a second.

Videnkin claimed two FW 190s south-east of Saldus on 29 December while Ivan Ilyushin claimed a third south of Saldus.

On 19 February 1945, he claimed an FW 190 destroyed before he was reported as missing.

At the time of his death, Videnkin was credited with 1 shared biplane victory and a total of 6.
During the war, he was decorated with two Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1942
	19/07/42		1/8	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	I-153		Bataysk	482 IAP
	1943
	08/08/43		1/2	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	Spitfire		Abinskaya	821 IAP
	1944
1	30/06/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Airacobra		E Polotsk	494 IAP
2	21/09/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Airacobra		Auce	494 IAP
3	18/11/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Airacobra		Skrunda	494 IAP
4	29/12/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Airacobra		SE Saldus	494 IAP
5	29/12/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Airacobra		SE Saldus	494 IAP
	1945
6	19/02/45		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Airacobra		Raushen	494 IAP

Biplane victories: 1 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 6 and 2 shared destroyed.

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