David Vasiles dze Dzhabidze (Georgian: დავით ვასილეს ძე ძაბიძე, Russian: Давид Васильевич Джабидзе, David Vasilyevich Dzhabidze; 23 February 1916 – 15 December 1982) was a Soviet fighter ace of World War II.
[1] Captain Dzhabidze's first action at the Eastern Front was as flight commander of the 158th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
During a combat sortie on July 1941 over the skies of Leningrad, he rammed his I-16 against a German Ju 88 and managed to land with the damaged aircraft.
He flew combat missions over several theatres, including later in Germany over Berlin, flying I-16, Yak-7, Yak-1 and Yak-9 fighter aircraft.
[1] David Dzhabidze retired from the military in 1947 and taught at the Tbilisi State University as Professor of Historical Sciences.