List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union
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This is a list of fighter ace
s in World War II
from the Soviet Union
. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country
(partial)
Fighter Ace
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s in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country
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A
- Sultan Akmet-khanAmet-Han SultanAmet-khan Sultan was a Soviet fighter and test pilot whose mother was Crimean Tatar and father was an ethnic Lak. Alternative spellings of his name include Ahmed Khan Sultan, Amet-Han Soultan, Ahmet-Han Sultan, Amet-Han Sultan, and Sultan Amet-Han....
- Aleksi V. Alelyukin
- Fedor F. Arkhipenko
- Alexandr Avdeev
B
- Ivan I. Babak
- Mihail D. Baranov
- Vladimir I. Bobrov
- Andreii Y. Borovykh
- 'Katya' Yekaterina Vasilyevna BudanovaKatya BudanovaYekaterina Vasylievna Budanova , also known as Katya Budanova , , was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II...
G
- Grigorii I. Ges
- Anthony L. Giglio
- Dimitriy B. Glinka
- Boris B. Glinka
- Sergei G. Glinkin
- Petr A. Gnido
- Pavel Y. Golovachev
- Vasilii F. Golubev
- Sergei I. GritsevetsSergey GritsevetsSergey Ivanovich Gritsevets was a Soviet major, pilot and twice recipient of the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union....
- Nikolai D. Gulayev
- Grigorii K. Gul'tyaev
- Grigorii K. Gyltyaev
K
- Pavel M. Kamozin
- Aleksei S. Khobystov
- Victor V. Kirilyuk
- Ivan Ivanovich Kleshchev
- Aleksandr F. Klubov
- Aleksandr I. Koldunov
- Mikhail S. Komelkov
- Georgi D. Kostilev
- Aleksandr V. Kotchekov
- Ivan Nikitovich KozhedubIvan Nikitovich KozhedubMarshal of Aviation Ivan Mykytovych Kozhedub was a Soviet Ukrainian military aviator and a World War II fighter ace. Arguably Kozhedub, as he revealed in his memoires, took a part in the Korean War as fighter pilot, whilst being a commander of Soviet aviation Corps. in Korea. He is credited with...
(highest scoring Allied ace of World War II) - Sergei M. Kramarenko
- Nikolai F. Krasnov
- Vasilii N. Kubarev
- Andrei M. Kulagin
- Alexandr S. Kumanichkin
- Nikolai F. Kuznetsov
L
- ?? Lapanskii
- Vladmir D. Lavrinenkov
- Ivan D. Likhobabin
- Petr Y. Likholetov
- Lilya Vladamirovna LitvyakLydia LitvyakLydia Vladimirovna Litvyak Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Лидия Владимировна Литвяк, (Moscow, August 18, 1921 – Krasnyi Luch August 1, 1943), also known as Lydia Litviak or Lilya Litviak, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II...
- Sergi D. Luganskii
- Sergi I. Lukyanov
P
- Nikolai S. Pavlushkin
- Ivan M. Pilipenko
- Mikhail Y. Pivovarov
- Petr A. Pokryshev
- Aleksandr Ivanovich PokryshkinAleksandr Ivanovich PokryshkinAlexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin was a Marshal of the Soviet Air Force. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on three separate occasions ....
- Vitalii I. Popkov
S
- Yevgeniy SavitskiyYevgeniy SavitskiyYevgeniy Yakovlevich Savitzky was a World War II fighter ace, 22 individual and 2 group victories, Commanding General of Aviation of the Air Defense Forces of the Country, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Aviation...
- Boris F. Safnov
- Lev ShestakovLev ShestakovLev Lvovich Shestakov was a Soviet military aviator and the Red Air Force's leading ace in the Spanish Civil War.-Career:Upon graduating from military college in 1936 he applied for combat in Spain, joining a Spanish Republican Air Force fighter squadron in 1937...
- Alexandr N. Sitkovskii
- Nikolai M. Skomorokov
- Alexei S. Smirnov
- Ivan N. Stepanenko
- Stepan Suprun
- Ivan SytovIvan SytovIvan Nikitovich Sytov was a Soviet fighter pilot and flying ace, credited with 26 kills and four shared victories....