for the title on the first day of the month for shooting down 15 enemy aircraft and flying 146 sorties. Soon on he received a second star on 24 August 1943 for raising his tally to 29 aerial victories. By the end of the war he had executed a total of 282 sorties and shot down 50 enemy aircraft. His last aerial victory was a Bf 109 that he shot down over Meissen while flying an Airacobra. Throughout the war he flew missions on Yak-1, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, and Bell P-39 Airacobra fighters; he scored his first victories on the Yak-1 and most on the Airacobra, but did not score any shootdowns on the P-40. Later life After the war Glinka graduated from the Air Force Academy in Monino and held a variety of leadership positions in the Soviet Air Forces, both in the USSR and international bases. He was a deputy in the 2nd convocation of the Supreme Soviet from 1946 to 1950; from 1951 to 1958 he was based in China before being stationed to Poland. In 1960 he retired from the military and made a career in civil aviation, both as a pilot and flight instructor. He died in Moscow on 1 March 1979 and was buried in the Kuntsevo Cemetery. Awards and honors Military awards Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (21 April 1943 and 24 August 1943) Order of Lenin (21 April 1943) Five Order of the Red Banner (9 September 1942, 3 October 1942, 22 April 1943, 3 November 1944, and 4 June 1955) Order of Alexander Nevsky (13 May 1945) Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (24 December 1943) Two Order of the Red Star (22 February 1955 and 20 December 1956) campaign and jubilee medals Memorials and commemorations A 1987 envelope of the USSR featured his image. RA-89046, and Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100, was named after him. A statue in his likeness was placed in Kryvyi Rih on the street named in his honor. Glinka'a name is featured on a plaque among those of other Heroes of the Soviet Union in the Stela of Heroes in Kryvyi Rih. See also List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union References Bibliography 1917 births 1979 deaths Heroes of the Soviet Union People from Kryvyi Rih Ukrainian people of World War II Soviet World War II flying aces Soviet Air Force officers