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Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko

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Soviet aviator (1920-2007)

Lived 1920 to 2007 · aged 87
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Ivan Nikiforovich Stepanenko was a Soviet pilot who became a flying ace with over 30 solo shootdowns during World War II. He remained in the military after the end of the war and went on to fly a variety of MiG aircraft and become a Major-General.

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1999Defender of the Motherland Medal
1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1975Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
1966Merited Military Pilot of the USSR
1956Order of the Red Star
1955Order of the Red Star
1945Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1945Hero of the Soviet Union
1945Gold Star medal
1945Order of the Red Banner
1945Order of the Red Star
1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1944Order of Lenin
1944Hero of the Soviet Union
1944Order of Alexander Nevsky
1944Gold Star medal
1944Order of the Red Banner
1943Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
1943Order of the Red Star
1942Order of the Red Banner
1942Order of the Red Star
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Connected to Ivan 6

Pavel PlotnikovAlso won Merited Military Pilot of the USSRMariya ShcherbachenkoAlso won Defender of the Motherland MedalAnatoly NedbayloAlso won Defender of the Motherland MedalSemyon KharlamovAlso won Merited Military Pilot of the USSRDmitry OskinAlso won Merited Military Pilot of the USSRGoltvianski OlegAlso won Defender of the Motherland Medal

About this person

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2007 · aged 87
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8 languages

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