Native Name: | Анатолий Михайлович Карелин |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1922 |
Birth Place: | Dalmatovo, Kurgan Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Branch: | Soviet Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1941–1970 |
Rank: | Major general |
Battles: | Great Patriotic War Korean War |
Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Anatoly Mikhailovich Karelin (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Карелин; 16 July 1922 3 January 1974) was a Soviet MiG-15 flying ace during the Korean War, credited with six to eight victories for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.