 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pikvovarov akatanga kubhururuka Yak-1s ne402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. Munguva iyi, akawana kukunda kwake kwokutanga katatu mumhepo. Muchirimo cha1944, akatora rutivi mukurwisa kweCrimea. Munguva iyi, akakunda kakawanda mundege. Pana 13 April 1944, iye akapfura pasi maviri Luftwaffe Bf-109s, mune kurwa. Pakupera kwaJune, iyo regiment yakaendeswa ku3rd Belorussian Front, uko vatyairi vayo vakapa kufukidza uye rutsigiro rwemhepo kuzvikamu zve5th Army uye 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps. 