Nikolai Gulayev

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Gulayev
Native name
Николай Дмитриевич Гулаев
Born26 February 1918
Died27 September 1985 (aged 67)
AllegianceUSSR
BranchSoviet Air Force
Service years1938 – 1978
RankColonel-General of Aviation
Conflicts
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Gulayev (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Гулаев; 26 February 1918 – 27 September 1985) was the fourth highest scoring Soviet flying ace from World War II, with over 50 individual aerial victories. He went on to become a Colonel-General of Aviation in the Soviet Air Forces.