 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Moskvitelev akaberekerwa mumhuri yevashandi musi wa 27 Chikunguru 1926 muVyazovy Gai, ipapo chikamu che, Samara Governorate, muRussian SFSR, USSR. Mhuri yake yakabatwa nenzara mukutanga kwema1930 izvo zvakakonzera kutambudzika kwakanyanya mudunhu reVolga kwavaigara. Amai vaMoskvitelev vakafa muna 1938, apo baba vake vakatora basa semakanika pane imwe nzvimbo yekugadzira matarakita, asi vakaramba vachinetseka kuti vawane mari. Pashure pokupinda kweAxis muSoviet Union, achibatanidza USSR muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, uye achisvika pazera rebasa muna 1943, Moskvitelev akaoneka pamberi pevakuru uye akakumbira kutumirwa kumberi. Panzvimbo pezvo akapiwa kuti adzidziswe semutyairi pa1st Chikoro cheVatyairi veNaval muKuybyshev, iyo yaakagamuchira. Pakutanga akadzidziswa paU-2 uye UT-2 ndege, uye mukupera kwa1944 akaendeswa kuUnited States Air Force. Hondo yakapera asati agona kubhururuka achienda kuhondo, uye kupedza kwake chikoro kwakanonoka apo vadzidzi vechikoro vakapiwa basa rokubatsira kuvakazve guta rakanga raparadzwa reYeysk. Zvidzidzo zvokubhururuka zvakatangazve muna 1946, uye Moskvitelev pakupedzisira akapedza kudzidza muna 1947. 