Vladimir Bobrov (pilot)

Vladimir Ivanovich Bobrov
Native name	Владимир Иванович Бобров
Born	(1915-07-11)11 July 1915 Luhansk, Russian Empire
Died	28 March 1970(1970-03-28) (aged 54) Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Air Force
Years of service	1939—1945
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	237th Fighter Aviation Regiment 521st Fighter Aviation Regiment 21st Fighter Aviation Regiment 161st Fighter Aviation Regiment 27th Fighter Aviation Regiment 104th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War Winter War Great Patriotic War
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumous)

Vladimir Ivanovich Bobrov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Бобров; 11 July 1915 – 28 March 1970) was a Soviet fighter pilot and a flying ace in both Spanish Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. By the most reliable estimates, his tally stands between 19 solo and five shared to 23 solo and eleven shared shootdowns during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Soviet Union in 1991.^[1]