Alexander Fyodorovich Avdeyev
Александр Фёдорович Авдеев
1916 – 1942
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Alexander Fyodorovich Avdeyev, 1916-1942, a Soviet fighter pilot and deputy squadron commander with the rank of captain. He had already served in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-40 before the German invasion. The English account credits him with thirteen claimed victories; claimed is the word the source uses and it is kept. He was killed on 12 August 1942, and the title of Hero of the Soviet Union was conferred on him on 10 February 1943, six months after his death.
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- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Red Star
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