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).
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]