Mikhail Stepanishchev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Tikhonovich and the family name is Stepanishchev.
Mikhail Tikhonovich Stepanishchev
Native name
Михаил Тихонович Степанищев
Born15 November [O.S. 2 November] 1917
Kolesovo village, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died8 September 1946 (aged 28)
Brest Region, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Air Force
Service years1937 – 1946
RankMajor
Unit76th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Mikhail Tikhonovich Stepanishchev (Russian: Михаил Тихонович Степанищев; 15 November [O.S. 2 November] 1917 – 8 September 1946) was a Soviet ground-attack pilot and navigator during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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