Lev Kirillovich Shchukin (Russian: Лев Кириллович Щукин; 29 October 1923 – 2 May 2009) was a Soviet MiG-15 flying ace during early phase of the Korean War. After being badly injured from bailing out of his stricken plane he continued to serve as an officer in the Soviet Air Force and was sent to various communist countries as a military adviser.
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29 October 1923 Noginsk, Russia
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Died |
1 May 2009 (aged 85) Minsk, Belarus
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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