Yakov Vernikov

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Soviet test pilot (1920-1993)

AthletesLived 1920 to 1993 · aged 72

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Yakov Ilyich Vernikov was a Soviet flying ace during the Second World War who went on to become a major-general of aviation and test pilot, working for the Gromov Flight Research Institute as well as the Ilyushin Design Bureau. During his career he mastered piloting an estimated 140 aircraft and glider types.

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Awards 16

1975Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR

1960Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

1957Order of the Red Banner

1944Hero of the Soviet Union

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Order of the Red Star

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"

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

Medal "For Battle Merit"

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

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

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Georgi MosolovAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

Nina RusakovaAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR Eduard YelyanAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR Rafael KaprelyanAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

Konstantin Konstantinovich KokkinakiAlso won Merited Test Pilot of the USSR

Athletes born in the 1920s 1

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