List of Soviet fighter pilots in World War II

The list of Soviet fighter pilots in World War II includes fighter pilots of the Soviet air forces in World War II , which lasted from 1939 to 1945 , who scored at least 40 kills.

Overview

The table contains the Soviet aviators from 40 confirmed kills with:

Surname
Rank
Number of confirmed aerial victories
highest award given
Unit / IAP (Russian: istrebitelny awiazionny polk) - fighter pilot regiment, LA (vosduschnaja armija) - air army
Date of death (†)

Note: The list can be sorted : By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting.

Surname	rank	L.	Award	unit	†
Ivan Nikitovich Koschedub	major	62	3 × HdS	176th GW IAP ( 16th LA )	August 12, 1991
Alexander Ivanovich Pokryschkin	Colonel	59 (6 of them as group shots)	3 × HdS	16th Gw IAP (2nd LA)	November 13, 1985
Nikolai Dmitrievich Gulaev		57	2 × HdS	423. IAP 487. IAP 129. Gw IAP	September 27, 1985
Grigory Andreevich Rechkalov	Major general	56	2 × Order of Lenin	16. Gw IAP	December 20, 1990
Kirill Alexejewitsch Evstignejew	Major general	52	2 × HdS	240th IAP (6th LA), 178th Gw IAP	August 29, 1996
Arseni Wassiljewitsch Vorosheikin		52	2 × HdS	728th IAP, 32nd Gw IAP (9th LA)	May 23, 2001
Dmitri Borisovich Glinka	Colonel	50	2 × HdS	45th IAP, 100th Gw IAP	March 1, 1979
Amet-chan Sultan	major	49 (19 of them as group shots)	2 × HdS	9. Gw IAP	1st February 1971
Alexander Fyodorovich Klubov	Captain	50	2 × HdS	27. Gw IAP	November 1, 1944
Nikolai Mikhailovich Skomorochow	major	46		31st IAP (17th LA)	1994
Alexander Ivanovich Koldunow	Chief Marshal	46	HdS	866. IAP	June 7, 1992
Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov	Lieutenant General	41	2 × HdS	5th Gw IAP (17th LA)	June 2, 2010
Boris Feoktistowitsch Safonow		41	2 × HdS	32nd SAP, 78th IAP	May 30, 1942
Alexej Wassiljewitsch Alelyukhin	Captain	40	2 × HdS	9. Gw IAP	October 29, 1990