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Sergey Kramarenko | |
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Birth name | Sergei Makarovich Kramarenko |
Born | Kalynivka , Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | 10 April 1923
Died | 21 May 2020 Russia | (aged 97)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service/ | Soviet Air Force |
Years of service | 1941 — 1977 |
Rank | Major General of Aviation |
Commands held | 167th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment |
Battles/wars | World War II Korean War |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Other work | Memoirs: Protiv Messerov i Seybrov. V Nebe Dvukh Voyn (Against Messerschmitts and Sabre Jets. In the Sky of Two Wars), 2006. |
Sergei Makarovich Kramarenko (Russian: Серге́й Макарович Крамаренко; 10 April 1923 – 21 May 2020) was a Soviet Air Force officer who fought in World War II and the Korean War. For his service in Korea he became a holder of the Title of Hero of the Soviet Union. He achieved several high command positions in the USSR and was also Air Force advisor in Iraq and Algeria in the 1970s. Retired in 1977 with the rank of major-general, he lived with his family in Moscow.
He was the last living Soviet flying ace of Korean War.
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