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Yakov Vernikov

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Soviet test pilot (1920-1993)

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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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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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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1993 · aged 72
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