Leonid Ivanov (pilot)

This article is about the Soviet World War II pilot. For the Soviet cosmonaut with a similar name, see Leonid Ivanov (test pilot).
Leonid Ivanov
Born8 August 1909
Kashira, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire
Died27 June 1941(1941-06-27) (aged 31)
Afrikanda, Murmansk Oblast, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Air Force
Service years1932–1941
RankSenior lieutenant
Unit147th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Conflicts
Awards

Leonid Illarionovich Ivanov (Russian: Леонид Илларионович Иванов; 8 August 1909 – 27 June 1941) was a Soviet Air Force senior lieutenant and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. Ivanov was posthumously awarded the title for reportedly shooting down two German aircraft in the first days after Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, and being killed in a ramming attack (taran) while defending his airfield from a raid.

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