Pyotr Bazanov

Pyotr Vasilievich Bazanov was a Soviet fighter pilot and flying ace in the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 235th Fighter Division in the 10th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 2nd Air Army on the 1st Ukrainian Front during the Second World War. For his actions in the military he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 26 October 1944. He gained 18 individual aerial victories and six shared aerial victories in the war.