Nikolai Pinchuk (pilot)

Nikolai Pinchuk
Native name
Николай Григорьевич Пинчук
Born(1921-02-04)4 February 1921
Budyonovka village
(located within present-day Babruysk District, Belarus
Died12 January 1978(1978-01-12) (aged 56)
Minsk, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Air Force
Service years1940—1975
RankColonel
Unit18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Nikolai Grigoryevich Pinchuk (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Пинчук; 4 February 1921 — 12 January 1978) was a Soviet fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II who totaled 20 solo and 2 shared aerial victories.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bykov, Mikhail (2014). Все асы Сталина. 1936–1953 [Aces of Stalin. 1936–1953]. Moscow: Yauza. ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3. OCLC 879321002.


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