Fyodor Arkhipenko

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Fyodorovich and the family name is Arkhipenko.
Fyodor Arkhipenko
Native name
Фёдар Архіпенка
Born30 October 1921
Avsimovichi, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Died28 December 2012 (aged 91)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Air Force
Service years1938–1959
RankColonel
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Fyodor Fyodorovich Arkhipenko (Belarusian: Фёдар Фёдаравіч Архіпенка, romanized: Fiodar Fiodaravič Archipienka; Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Архипенко; 30 October 1921 – 28 December 2012) was a flying ace of the Soviet Air Force during the Second World War and recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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