Ahmed Tatarkhanovich Malsagov (, ; 1912 – 14 January 1942) was a Russian pilot in 5th Short-range Bomber Aviation Regiment during the Second World War who was killed in action. In 1995 he was declared a

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation ( rus, Герой Российской Федерации, p=ɡʲɪˈroj rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ), also unofficially called Hero of Russia ( rus, Герой России, p=ɡʲɪˈroj rɐˈsʲiɪ), is ...

Prewar life

Malsagov was born in 1912 in the village of Altievsky in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

to an Ingush family. In 1935 he joined the Red Army and in 1937 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1939. Before the start of the war, he was part of a bomber aviation regiment in the Western part of the USSR.

World War II

During the

German invasion of the Soviet Union Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a ...

Malsagov served in the 5th Short-range Bomber Aviation Regiment in the

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. The regiment, originally equipped with

Tupolev SB The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB ( – ''Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik'' – high speed bomber) and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed twin-engined three-seat monoplane bomber, first flown in 1934. The Tup ...

s, was soon provided with modern

Petlyakov Pe-2 The Petlyakov Pe-2 ( — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet Union, Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war,Ethell 1996, p. 152. it ...

dive bombers right after the invasion. As a lieutenant he quickly mastered piloting the new aircraft and began making sorties on the Southern Front in June 1941, bombing a Romanian naval base, enemy tanks, and advancing troops. By 20 September 1941 he had made 65 sorties, and in the following winter, he distinguished himself after making 20 bombing sorties in the span of several days, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 7 January 1942. Due to the precision of his bombing attacks, he was able to destroy ten tanks, five anti-aircraft guns, twenty-seven cars, and kill over 100 enemy infantrymen. On 14 January 1942 he was killed in action during a bombing mission and his funeral was held on 24 January. After the collapse of the Soviet Union he was declared a Hero of the Russian Federation in 1995.

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Prewar life

World War II

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