Oleksandr Korpan Explained

Oleksandr Korpan
Native Name:Олександр Богданович Корпан
Native Name Lang:UKR
Birth Date:8 September 1994
Birth Place:Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine
Death Place:Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine
Birth Name:Oleksandr Bohdanovych Korpan
Allegiance: Ukraine
Branch: Ukrainian Air Force
Rank:Captain
Battles:
Awards: Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)

Oleksandr Bohdanovych Korpan (Ukrainian: Олександр Богданович Корпан; 8 September 1994 – 2 March 2022) was a Ukrainian military pilot (captain) of the Ukrainian Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant in the Russo-Ukrainian war, the best strike aircraft pilot in 2021.[1] He is Hero of Ukraine (2022).

Biography

Korpan was born in Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.

He graduated from music school and .

He served in the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade named after General Vasily Nikoforov as commander of the aviation squadron of this brigade.[2]

Korpan died on 2 March 2022 during a combat flight in the airspace over Starokostiantyniv.

He was buried on 7 March 2022 at the cemetery in Halych, Ternopil Oblast.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Железняк, М. Г. . Корпан Олександр Богданович . 2023-03-16 . Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України . 978-966-02-2074-4 . Ukrainian.
  2. https://t1news.tv/z-praporom-ta-chornymy-horugvamy-u-pidgajczyah-proshhayutsya-iz-geroyem-yakyj-zagynuv-u-vijni/ З прапором та чорними хоругвами: у Підгайцях прощаються із Героєм, який загинув у війні
  3. Prodous, L. На Тернопільщині поховали льотчика ударної авіації // Suspilne.Novyny. — 2022. — 7 March.