Alexander Pokryshkin
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 39 years ago |
Date of birth | March 6,1913 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Novosibirsk |
Russia | |
Date of died | November 13,1985 |
Died | Moscow |
Russia | |
Battles and wars | War |
Place of burial | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia |
Siblings | Viktor Pokryshkin |
Mariya Pokryshkina | |
Vasiliy Pokryshkin | |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Order of the Red Banner | |
Distinguished Service Medal | |
Spouse | Pokryshkina, M. K. |
Year of servic | 1932–1972 |
Servicebranch | Soviet Air Force |
Education | Voyennaya Akademiya General'nogo Shtaba Vooruzhennykh Sil Rf |
Rank | Marshal of Aviation |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 737739 |
Alexander Pokryshkin Life story
Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin was a Soviet fighter pilot in World War II, and later a Marshal of Aviation. He was one of the highest-scoring Soviet aces, and the highest-scoring pilot ever to fly an American aircraft, having achieved the great majority of his kills in the Lend-Lease Bell P-39 Airacobra.