Vasily Molokov, polar aviator, among the first to receive the honour of Hero of the Soviet Union, General Major of Aviation N Ivan Nagurski, first polar aviator Pyotr Nesterov, inventor and pioneer of aerobatics, the first pilot to perform the aerobatic loop, died while scoring the world's first air combat victory by aerial ramming an Austrian plane during World War I Alexander Novikov, Chief Marshal of Aviation during World War II, double Hero of the Soviet Union O Prince Alexander Obolensky, "the Flying Slav", Russian émigré World War II RAF pilot Ivan Orlov, World War I flying ace, served with, and received decorations for valor from both the Imperial Russian and French governments Vasily Osipov, World War II bomber pilot, double Hero of the Soviet Union P Yevgeny Pepelyaev, top Soviet fighter ace in the Korean War, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Pishvanov, World War I flying ace, recipient of five decorations for valor Viktor Pokrovsky, World War I flying ace, the first Russian pilot to capture an enemy plane and pilot Alexander Pokryshkin, World War II fighter ace, credited with 59 individual victories, thrice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Aviation Nadezhda Popova, Squadron Leader in the Night Witches Vitaly Popkov, one of the top World War II fighter aces, credited with 41 individual victories, double Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Prokofiev de Seversky, World War I naval aviator, Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor Georgy Prokofiev, balloonist who coordinated military stratospheric balloon program in 1930s, set world record in altitude on USSR-1 Viktor Pugachyov, test pilot and pioneer of supermaneuverability, the first to show Pugachev's Cobra maneuver of Su-27 Eduard Pulpe, World War I flying ace, recipient of awards for valor from both the Imperial Russian and French governments Endel Puusepp, long-range bomber pilot, famous for flying a Soviet delegation over the front line from Moscow to Washington D.C. and back to negotiate the opening of the Western Front, Hero of the Soviet Union R Marina Raskova, navigator, founder of the three female air regiments during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union Grigoriy Rechkalov, one of the top World War II fighter aces, credited with 56 individual victories, double Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeniya Rudneva, senior navigator of the Night Witches, Hero of the Soviet Union S Mikhail Safonov, World War I flying ace, recipient of two decorations for valor Yevgeniy Savitskiy, World