Alexander Golovanov

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Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov
Native name	Александр Евгеньевич Голованов
Born	7 August 1904 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Died	22 September 1975 (aged 71) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Air Force
Years of service	1924–1953
Rank	Chief marshal of Aviation
Commands held	18th Air Army Long Range Aviation 15th Airborne Corps
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War Battles of Khalkhin Gol Winter War World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin (2)

Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Евге́ньевич Голова́нов; 7 August 1904 – 22 September 1975) was a Soviet pilot. On 3 August 1943, he became a Marshal of Aviation (the youngest person in the history of the USSR to hold that rank) and on 19 August 1944 he was promoted to the rank of Chief marshal of the aviation (the second after Alexander Novikov).^[1]