Sergey Kramarenko (pilot)

Sergey Kramarenko
Portrait-photo of Sergei Kramarenko wearing his gold star medal in 2010.
Birth nameSergei Makarovich Kramarenko
Born(1923-04-10)10 April 1923
Kalynivka, Sumy Oblast,
Ukrainian SSR
Died21 May 2020(2020-05-21) (aged 97)
Russia
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchSoviet Air Force
Years of service1941 — 1977
RankMajor General of Aviation
Commands held167th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Other workMemoirs: 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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