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Alexander Molodchy

Soviet aviator (1920-2002) · Ukraine · On the map · Writers · Died at 81

Alexander Ignatyevich Molodchy was a Ukrainian Soviet long-range bomber pilot who flew over 300 missions on the B-25, Il-4, and Yer-2 during World War II, placing him among the top bomber pilots of the Soviet Union by number of sorties.

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A typical day, 30 days to 9 July 2026

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2002Died9 June 20021985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1955Order of LeninAward1954Order of the Red BannerAward1953Order of the Red StarAward1948Medal "For Battle Merit"Award1945Order of Alexander NevskyAward1944Order of LeninAward1942Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1941Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAward1920Born27 June 1920

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Awards

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Order of Lenin1955
Order of the Red Banner1954
Order of the Red Star1953
Medal "For Battle Merit"1948
Order of Alexander Nevsky1945
Order of Lenin1944
Order of the Red Banner1942
Hero of the Soviet Union1942
Gold Star medal1942
Order of Lenin1941
Hero of the Soviet Union1941
Gold Star medal1941
Zhukov Medal
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
Order the Red Banner
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky

About this person

He was the first person twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the war while alive.

Country
Ukraine
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2002 · aged 81

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