Semyon Fedorets

Semyon Alekseyevich Fedorets (Russian: Семён Александрович Федорец; 18 February 1921 – 2002) was a MiG-15 pilot of the Soviet Union. He was a flying ace during the Korean war, with 7 victories.[1]

Semyon Alekseyevich Fedorets
Native name
Семён Александрович Федорец
Born18 February 1921
Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR
Died2002
Kharkov, Ukraine
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service1941 – 1968
RankLieutenant colonel
Unit913th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battles/warsKorean War
AwardsOrder of Lenin

Career

In 1941, Fedorets graduated from Dnepropetrovsk Aeroclub and entered the Military Aviation School in Odessa. After graduation, he was sent to the Leningrad Front as part of the 403rd Fighter Aviation Regiment. Young pilots were only allowed to participate in combat operations by May 1944, and by then the front moved away from Leningrad. Thus, he did not actually participate in the battles of the Great Patriotic War.

After the war, in September 1949, was transferred to the airfield Voskresensk in the Russian Far East. In April 1952, his unit was sent to an airfield in Anshan city, China. On 17 December 1953, Feforets shot down his first F-86 Sabre. On 19 February 1953, he was appointed as squadron commander in the 913th Fighter Regiment of the 32nd Fighter Aviation Division.

Throughout his deployment in the Korean War, he flew 98 combat sorties, engaged in 40 dogfights, and shot down seven enemy aircraft..[2]

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See also

References
  1. Krylov & Tepsurkaev 2008, p. 6
  2. М. Ю. Быков (2014). Все Асы Сталина 1936—1953 гг. Элитная энциклопедия ВВС (Научно-популярное издание 1500 экз ed.). М.: ООО «Яуза-пресс». p. 1226. ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3.

Sources
  • Krylov, Leonid; Tepsurkaev, Yuriy (2008), Soviet MiG-15 Aces of the Korean War, Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-84603-299-8
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