Konstantin Kabanov

(1922-1979)

Soviet Air Force colonel

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Konstantin Mikhailovich Kabanov (Russian: Константин Михайлович Кабанов; 30 March 1922 – 13 April 1979) was a Soviet Air Force Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union. After graduating from flying school in 1944, Kabanov was sent to the front and made 27 attacks on Danzig. He reportedly made a total of 103 attack sorties during the war flying Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft, for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Postwar, Kabanov continued to serve in the Air Force and became a test pilot and later engineer at the Air Force Research Institute.

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Born	30 March 1922 Harinskoye village, Rybinsky Uyezd, Yaroslavl Governorate, Soviet Union
Died	13 April 1979 (aged 57) Moscow, Soviet Union
Zodiac	Aries
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