Sergey Vishnyakov

Sergey Fedorovich Vishnyakov
Native name
Сергей Фёдорович Вишняков
Born17 November 1918
Died10 June 1958 (aged 39)
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Air Force
Service years1940 – 1955
RankGeneral-Major of Aviation
Commands176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
ConflictsWorld War II
Korean War
AwardsOrder of Lenin

Sergey Fyodorovich Vishnyakov (Russian: Сергей Фёдорович Вишняков; 17 November 1918 – 10 June 1958) was a Soviet Air Force officer who fought in World War II and the Korean War, and one of the few pilots considered a flying ace of both wars. He was killed in a flying accident in Bulgaria in 1958.