Valery Chkalov

Valery Chkalov
Валерий Чкалов
Born2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1904
Vasilyevo, Balakhninsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
(now Chkalovsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia)
Died15 December 1938(1938-12-15) (aged 34)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branchSoviet Air Force
Years of service1921-1938
RankCombrig (Brigadier)
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin (2)
Order of the Red Banner
Statue of Chkalov in Chkalovsk

Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Валерий Павлович Чкалов; IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf]; 2 February [O.S. 20 January] 1904 – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).