This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Soviet Union .
Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub or Ivan Mykytovych Kozhedub was a Soviet World War II fighter ace. Universally credited with over 60 solo victories, he is considered to be the highest scoring Soviet and Allied fighter pilot of World War II. He is one of the few pilots to have shot down a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet, and the first Soviet pilot to have done so. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on three occasions. After World War II, he remained in the military and went on to command the 324th Fighter Aviation Division during Soviet operations in the Korean War.
Yevgeny Yakovlevich Savitsky was a Soviet World War II fighter ace who later became a marshal of aviation.
Grigory Andreevich Rechkalov was a Soviet fighter pilot during World War II who scored over fifty solo shootdowns, making him one of the highest scoring Soviet fighter pilots. He was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his aerial victories and went on to become a general after the war.
Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov was a Soviet fighter pilot who became a flying ace during the Second World War. During the war, he was credited with around 40 aerial victories for which he was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war he remained in the military and reached the rank of general-lieutenant, retiring in 1989. He died in 2010 at the age of 88.
Andrey Yegorovich Borovykh was a Soviet flying ace during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war he remained in the military until 1989; during his career he achieved the rank of Colonel-General of Aviation and served as commander of the Soviet Air Defence Forces from 1969 to 1977.
Dmitry Borisovich Glinka was a Soviet flying ace during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his achievements, having scored 50 individual aerial victories by the end of the war. His older brother, Boris Glinka, was also a flying ace and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Pavel Yakovlevich Golovachev was a fighter pilot the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He is credited with gaining at least 30 aerial victories.
Vasily Aleksandrovich Zaitsev was a Soviet Air Forces World War II flying ace who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Pavel Mikhailovich Kamozin was a Soviet Air Force Captain and double Hero of the Soviet Union. Kamozin became a pilot in the Soviet Air Force before World War II and was flying Polikarpov I-16s in June 1941. After being wounded in the foot on the second day of the war he was sent to become an instructor but returned to the front in the fall of 1942. By the end of April 1943, Kamozin had reportedly shot down 12 enemy aircraft. For this action he was awarded his first Hero of the Soviet Union award. By 1 July 1944, when he was awarded his second Hero of the Soviet Union award, Kamozin had reportedly shot down 29 enemy aircraft. In January 1945 his Bell P-39 Airacobra crashed due to an engine failure and Kamozin was severely wounded. He reportedly claimed 35 victories during the war. Postwar, he worked in civil aviation in Bryansk.
Vladimir Dmitrievich Lavrinenkov was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Forces who became a flying ace during the Second World War and was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for being one of the top flying aces in the Soviet Union.
Pyotr Afanasyevich Pokryshev was a fighter pilot and squadron commander in the Soviet Airforce during the Second World War who became a flying ace with 18 individual and 9 shared confirmed shootdowns who was twice awarded with the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Boris Feoktistovich Safonov ; 26 August [O.S. 13 August] 1915 – 30 May 1942) was a Soviet Naval Aviation fighter ace of World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Gusarov was a Soviet Air Force colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Gusarov claimed at least 15 German aircraft shot down. He served with the 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment. He retired from the military in 1955 and worked in a ceramic factory until his death at the age of 61.
Ivan Ilyich Babak was a Ukrainian Soviet Air Forces captain, flying ace, and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Skomorokhov was a flying ace in the Soviet Air Forces who scored over 40 individual shootdowns of enemy aircraft during the Second World War. He was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and went on to become a Marshal of Aviation.
Aleksey Semyonovich Smirnov was a fighter pilot and flying ace of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. He gained 35 solo victories during the war and was one of the few people awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union twice.
Valentin Nikolaevich Makarov was a Soviet flying ace and career officer who rose to the rank of general, having experienced combat in Khalkhin Gol, World War II, and the Korean War. Awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 28 January 1943, throughout the Second World War he totaled 28 solo and ten shared shootdowns.
Ivan Fyodorovich Gnezdilov was a Soviet flying ace in World War II; for his actions he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 19 August 1944. Later in his career he participated in the Korean War.