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Lieutenant Colonel Konstantin Alekseyevich Krasavin (Russian: Константин Алексеевич Красавин) (May 20, 1917 – January 1988) was a Russian flying ace and fighter pilot of the Great Patriotic War, during which he flew for the Soviet air forces. He is credited with 376 sorties, 106 dogfights and 21 kills between 1941 and 1945 on the Eastern Front, piloting the Yakovlev Yak-3, the Lavochkin La-5, the Yakovlev Yak-7 and the Hawker Hurricane during which time he held the rank of Major. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union along with the Order of Lenin for military valour in 1946 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, retiring from military service in 1955. His citation for his Gold Star medal read that "wherever Comrade Krasavin is with his group of fighters, there is victory over the enemy".
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27 May 1917 Tsaritsyno, Moscow, Russia
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January 1988 (aged 70) Tver, Russia
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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