- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitan (Captain)
- Unit:
- 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Military Air Forces
- Awarded on:
- October 26th, 1944
"Guards Captain Pylaev completed 285 sorties by May 1944. He personally downed 16 enemy planes and a further 94 enemy aircraft in 94 raids."
No. 4844