War II fighter ace, Marshal of Aviation, double Hero of the Soviet Union Irina Sebrova, World War II bomber pilot, one of the Night Witches, Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeniya Shakhovskaya, the first woman military pilot Lev Shestakov, top Soviet fighter ace during the Spanish Civil War, Hero of the Soviet Union Mark Shevelev, Commander of Soviet Polar aviation during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Smirnov, recipient of five Russian and two foreign military decorations, fourth ranking fighter ace of the Imperial Russian Air Service during World War I Yakov Smushkevich, Commander of the Soviet aviation in the Spanish Civil War and in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, double Hero of the Soviet Union Nelson Stepanyan, World War II dive bomber pilot, destroyed scores of enemy ships, tanks, cars, planes and guns, double Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Strizhesky, recipient of the Cross of St. George and the Order of the Crown of Romania, victor of seven aerial battles during World War I Amet-khan Sultan, World War II fighter ace, double Hero of the Soviet Union, test pilot who died in a plane crash Nikolay Sutyagin, top Korean War Soviet fighter ace, Hero of the Soviet Union T Victor Talalikhin, World War II fighter ace, among the first to perform aerial ramming at night, Hero of the Soviet Union Igor Tkachenko, Commander of the Russian Knights V Konstantin Vakulovsky, World War I fighter ace, recipient of three gallantry awards Andrey Vitruk, World War II fighter ace, General Major of Aviation, honoured as Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Yugoslavia Pavel Vlasov, test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation Igor Volk, test pilot, cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Vodopyanov, polar aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union, commanded the first Soviet air raid on Berlin in 1941 Y Vasili Yanchenko, second-scoring Russian flying ace of World War I Anna Yegorova, World War II bomber pilot, Nazi concentration camp survivor, Hero of the Soviet Union Ruben Yesayan, test pilot, Hero of the Russian Federation Kirill Yevstigneev, one of the top World War II fighter aces, credited with 53 individual victories, double Hero of the Soviet Union Z Yekaterina Zelenko, World War II pilot, the only woman ever alleged to have to have performed an aerial ramming, Hero of the Soviet Union See also List of aviators List of cosmonauts List of World War