Nikolai Pinchuk | |
Native Name: | Николай Григорьевич Пинчук |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1921 |
Birth Place: | Budyonovka village (located within present-day Babruysk District, Belarus |
Death Date: | 12 January 1978 |
Death Place: | Minsk, USSR |
Allegiance: | Soviet Union |
Branch: | Soviet Air Force |
Rank: | Colonel |
Serviceyears: | 1940—1975 |
Unit: | 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Nikolai Grigoryevich Pinchuk (Russian: Николай Григорьевич Пинчук; 4 February 1921 — 12 January 1978) was a Soviet fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II who totaled 20 solo and 2 shared aerial victories.[1]