Endel Puusepp

Endel Puusepp
Podpolkovnik Endel Puusepp c. 1942.
Born(1909-05-01)1 May 1909
Samovolny farm, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died18 January 1996(1996-01-18) (aged 86)
Tallinn, Estonia
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Air Force
RankColonel
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Endel Puusepp (Russian: Эндель Карлович Пусэп; 1 May 1909 – 18 June 1996) was a Soviet bomber pilot of Estonian origin who completed over 30 nighttime strategic bombing campaigns during World War II. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award for flying a high-ranking delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington, D.C., and back to negotiate the opening of the Western Front.[1][2]

  1. ^ Мы помним тебя, Эндель Пусэп! (in Russian). Krasnaya Zvezda. 2007-11-28. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2008-03-06.
  2. ^ Эндель Пусэп – эстонский брат Бронзового солдата (in Russian). Izvestiya. 2007-12-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

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