Endel Puusepp

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Estonian pilot (1909-1996)

PoliticiansLived 1909 to 1996 · aged 87

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Endel Karlovich Puusepp was a Soviet bomber pilot of Estonian origin who completed over 30 nighttime strategic bombing campaigns during World War II. , and back to negotiate the opening of the Western Front.

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Endel's father Karl, a recipient of the Cross of St. George

Puusepp (left) on the cover of the magazine Ogoniok

Soviet heavy bomber Petlyakov Pe-8.

Awards 20

Zhukov Medal

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Hero of the Soviet Union

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of Suvorov, 3rd class

Order of Alexander Nevsky

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of Friendship of Peoples

Order of the Red Star

Order of the Badge of Honour

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Connected to Endel 6

Hamazasp BabadzhanianAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Ivan FedyuninskyAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Yevdokiya BershanskayaAlso won Order of Suvorov, 3rd class

Roman KarmenAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Mikhail SvetlovAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Yevgeni IvanovskiAlso won Order of Suvorov, 3rd class

About this person

Endel Karlovich Puusepp was a Soviet bomber pilot of Estonian origin who completed over 30 nighttime strategic bombing campaigns during World War II. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award for flying a high-ranking delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington, D.C., and back to negotiate the opening of the Western Front.