Zakhar Sorokin
(1917-1978)
Russian military
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Zakhar Artyomovich Sorokin (Russian: Захар Артёмович Сорокин; 117 March [O.S. 4 March] 1917 – 19 March 1978) was a Soviet fighter pilot and flying ace who flew in combat with prosthetic feet from 1943 to 1945, having lost his feet to frostbite in 1941 after crashing in tundra in his MiG-3. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of the British Empire for his perseverance, and after the war he wrote several memoirs.
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4 March 1917 Glubokoe village, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire
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19 March 1978 (aged 61) Moscow, Russia
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