Nikolay Sutyagin
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| Captain Nikolay Sutyagin
Soviet Air Force VVS |
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| May 5, 1923 – November 12, 1986 (aged 63) | |
| Place of birth | Smagino , Buturlinsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Place of death | Kiev, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service/branch | Soviet Air Force |
| Years of service | 1941-1978 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | 17th IAP (Fighter Air Regiment) |
| Battles/wars | World War II Korean War |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Orders of the Red Banner(3) Order of the Patriotic War First Class medals (16) |
Captain Nikolay Sutyagin (5 May 1923 - 12 November 1986) was a Russian fighter pilot in the Second World War.
Sutyagin was the top Soviet fighter ace in the Korean war. He shot down 15 F-86 Sabres, 2 F-84 Thunderjets, 2 P-80 Shooting Stars & Gloster Meteor.
Sutyagin's Korean War record was 149 combat missions, 66 aerial engagements and 21 enemy aircraft shot down.
Sutyagin was awarded the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, Order of the Patriotic War First Class and a Hero of the Soviet Union in 1952.
Nikolay Sutyagin is best fighter ace (Ace of Aces) of turbojet aviation history.
[edit] References
- Ace Pilots' entry Retrieved May 7, 2008.
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