Lev Shestakov

Lev Lvovich Shestakov
Native name
Лев Львович Шестаков
Born28 December 1915
Avdiivka, Russian Empire
Died13 March 1944 (aged 28)
Davydkivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Air Force
Service years1934 – 1944
RankColonel
Commands9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
ConflictsSpanish Civil War
World War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Lev Lvovich Shestakov (Russian: Лев Львович Шестаков; 28 December 1915 – 13 March 1944) was a Soviet flying ace who participated in Spanish Civil War and later World War II.

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