caption serviceyears death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
kostia rozanoff near mystère iv 1940 & ndash ; 1946 3 april 1954 melun , france france warsaw , russia russian empire france france gc gc 2/3 `` dauphiné '' ii/4 , gc 2/5 `` lafayette '' , air medal , légion d'honneur world war ii 23 august 1905 kostia colonel kostia rozanoff.jpg constantin rozanoff
 constantin wladimir rozanoff
constantin rozanoff

constantin wladimir rozanoff , also known as kostia rozanoff , -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- -- -rrb- - was a french test pilot , colonel of the french air force , and one of the pioneers of jet aviation .
he was chief-pilot at dassault aviation .
he flew 201 types of planes and helicopters , and accumulated 5,000 flying hours , including 3,865 combat hours , and breaking the sound barrier 104 times .
