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Vitaly Popkov

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Soviet aviator, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1922-2010)

Lived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87
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Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov was a Soviet fighter pilot who became a flying ace during the Second World War. During the war, he was credited with around 40 aerial victories for which he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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2007Order of Honour
2005Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
2002Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1984Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
1982Order of the Red Star
1978Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"
1976Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
1967Merited Military Pilot of the USSR
1956Order of Lenin
1955Order of the Red Banner
1955Order of the Red Star
1950Medal "For Battle Merit"
1945Hero of the Soviet Union
1945Gold Star medal
1945Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
1945Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
1945Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
1944Order of Alexander Nevsky
1943Hero of the Soviet Union
1943Gold Star medal
1943Order of Lenin
1943Order of the Red Banner
1943Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
1942Order of Lenin
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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 "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Zhukov Medal
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
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"

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Oleg BelaventsevAlso won Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Nikolai SkomorokhovAlso won Merited Military Pilot of the USSRMartin DzúrAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"Lev KerbelAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"Boris BugayevAlso won Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"Nikolai TarakanovAlso won Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

About this person

Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov was a Soviet fighter pilot who became a flying ace during the Second World War. During the war, he was credited with around 40 aerial victories for which he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war he remained in the military and reached the rank of general-lieutenant, retiring in 1989. He died in 2010 at the age of 87.

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Lived 1922 to 2010 · aged 87
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