Nikolai Gastello
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 83 years ago |
Date of birth | May 6,1907 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Moscow |
Russia | |
Date of died | June 26,1941 |
Died | Maladzyechna |
Belarus | |
Nationality | Soviet |
Children | Viktor Gastello |
Parents | Franz Gastello |
Anastasiya Kutuzova | |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Full name | Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello |
Education | Lugansk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators |
Sokolniki city men's college | |
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ID | 668882 |
Nikolai Gastello Life story
Captain Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello was a Russian aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the best known Soviet pilot to conduct a "fire taran" – a suicide action by the pilot of an aircraft on fire, flying into a target with the intention of setting it alight.