Nelson Stepanyan

Nelson Stepanyan
Native name
Armenian: Նելսոն Գեւորգի Ստեփանյան
Russian: Нельсон Георгиевич Степанян
Nickname"Storm Petrel of the Baltic Sea"
Born28 March [O.S. 15 March] 1913
Shushi, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire
(now Shusha, Azerbaijan)
Died14 December 1944(1944-12-14) (aged 31)
Liepāja, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Air Force
Service years1930–1944
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Commands47th Guards "Theodosia" Assault Aviation Regiment
Conflicts
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Nelson Georgievich Stepanyan (Armenian: Նելսոն Գևորգի Ստեփանյան, Russian: Нельсон Георгиевич Степанян; 28 March [O.S. 15 March] 1913 – 14 December 1944) was an Armenian Il-2 pilot and regimental commander in the Soviet Air Force who was twice awarded with the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

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