Timofey Khryukin

Timofey Khryukin
Born	21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1910 Yeysk, Russian empire
Died	19 July 1953(1953-07-19) (aged 43) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Air Force
Years of service	1932 – 1953
Rank	Colonel-General of Aviation
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War Soviet-Finnish War Great Patriotic War
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Timofey Timofeyevich Khryukin (Russian: Тимофе́й Тимофе́евич Хрю́кин; 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1910, in Yeysk – 19 July 1953, in Moscow) was a Soviet aviator, Spanish Civil War volunteer, and colonel-general of the Soviet Air Force. Emerging from an impoverished working-class background, he rose to command the 8th Air Army and 1st Air Army during the Second World War, being twice decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union before his death following a period of illness caused by a road accident.