Claim: Georgy Parshin used to work as a metalworker and also went to attend training for flight instructors before he became an Il-2 pilot in the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War.
Evidence: Two years after moving to Dnepropetrovsk in 1932 he graduated from his ninth grade of school, after which he worked as a metalworker. Having graduated from the Dnepropetrovsk aeroclub in 1936, he went on to attend training for flight instructors which he completed in 1937. 10 May] 1916 – 13 March 1956) was an Il-2 pilot in the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.