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Pilyutov, Potr Andreyevich

    Date of birth:
    December 23rd, 1906 (Luchin, Russian Empire)
    Date of death:
    March 24th, 1960 (Leningrad, Soviet Union)
    Buried on:
    Cossack Cemetery
    Nationality:
    Soviet

    Biography

    Rank: Colonel
    Flying Ace. Hero of the Soviet Union. 17-23 aerial victories

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Awarded on:
    February 10th, 1943

    No. 885
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Awarded on:
    February 10th, 1943
    Orden Lenina
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Lenina
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Krasnogo Znameni
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    154th Fighter Regiment, 275th Fighter Pushkinskaya Red Banner Division, 13th Air Army, Leningrad Front
    Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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