Oleg Peshkov

Oleg Peshkov
Native name
Олег Анатольевич Пешков
Born3 August 1970
Kosikha, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR
Died24 November 2015 (aged 45)
Turkmen Mountain, Latakia Governorate, Syria
Allegiance Soviet Union Russia
Service/branchAir Force
Years of service1987—2015
RankLieutenant colonel
Battles/warsRusso-Georgian War
Syrian civil war
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation

Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Пешков; 3 August 1970 – 24 November 2015) was a combat pilot in the Russian air force who was shot down by a Turkish fighter near the Syria-Turkey border on 24 November 2015. Although he initially survived bailing out of the plane with his parachute, he was killed while descending by militants on the ground.


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