Vladimir Vinda was born in 1917.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, mladshiy leitenant Vinda served in 92 IAP. This regiment was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s and operated on the South-Western Front.

Vinda was posted away from 92 IAP in September 1941.

In March 1942, he was posted to 146 IAP, which operated Yak-1s on the South and South-Western Fronts.

On 22 August 1942, mladshiy leitenant Vinda didn’t return from a combat mission.

At the time of his death, Vina was credited with 2 biplane victories and a total of 3.
These had been claimed during 226 combat mission (as of 27 May 1942).

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	23/06/41		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	I-153		South-Western Front	92 IAP
2	29/07/41		1	He 111 (a)	Destroyed	I-153		South-Western Front	92 IAP
	1942
3	17/05/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-1		South and South-Western Front	146 IAP
	23/05/42		1/?	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	Yak-1		South and South-Western Front	146 IAP
	23/05/42		1/?	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	Yak-1		South and South-Western Front	146 IAP

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 3 and 2 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
Suomen Ilmavoimat part IV – 1942 – Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman, 2007, ISBN 978-952-99743-2-0