Nikolai Gastello

Military Person

1908 – 1941

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Who was Nikolai Gastello?

Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello, Russian aviator, Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the first Soviet pilot to conduct a "fire taran" – a suicide attack by an aircraft on a ground target.

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Born
May 6, 1908
Moscow
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Died
Jun 26, 1941

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on July 23, 2013

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