page_title: Boris Safonov
section_title: Remembrance
hierarchical_section_title: Boris Safonov / Awards and honors / Remembrance
caption_attribution_description: English: USSR stamp, 1944, Boris Safonov, Soviet fighter-plane pilot. CPA #926, 60 kopecks, used. Русский: ru:Почтовая марка СССР, июль-сентябрь 1944 года: Борис ru:Сафонов. ЦФА #926, серая, 60 коп., гашёная. Изображён погибший над Баренцевым морем советский лётчик-истребитель дважды Герой Советского Союза Борис Сафонов и его последний бой.
context_page_description: 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 and twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
context_section_description: Safonovo, a village in the Severomorsk administrative area, is named after Safonov and has a bust of him at the entrance to the settlement. The street where he lived in Severomorsk is also named after him and his former home has a commemorative plaque attached. One of his I-16 aircraft is displayed in the Central Naval Museum in Saint Petersburg. An annual prize for the best naval pilot is also named after him. Safonov's last regiment was renamed Red Banner, Safonov's Second Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in his honour.
caption: A Soviet postage stamp issued in 1944, showing Safonov, his medals and an imagined combat scene.
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