Lev Shestakov

Lev Lvovich Shestakov
Native name
Лев Львович Шестаков
Born28 December 1915
Avdiivka, Russian Empire
Died13 March 1944 (aged 28)
Davydkivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service1934 – 1944
RankColonel
Commands9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battles / warsSpanish Civil War
World War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Lev Lvovich Shestakov (Russian: Лев Львович Шестаков; 28 December 1915 – 13 March 1944) was a Soviet flying ace who participated in Spanish Civil War and later World War II.