serviceyears branch death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1938 - 1943 23px red air force 05 july 1943 tarkhanka , russia -rrb- , russian sfsr -lrb- now in yaroslavl oblast ussr soviet union world war ii : 17 november 1918 captain nikolay karabulin
 nikolay karabulin
nikolay karabulin

nikolay mikhaylovich karabulin -lrb- ; 1918 -- 1943 -rrb- was a soviet world war ii il-2 pilot and commanding officer of a ground-attack group whose pilots destroyed twenty enemy aircraft in a raid on a german airbase during the battle of moscow on 16 september 1941 .
lieutenant karabulin was badly injured when his cockpit was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire , but successfully landed his il-2 on friendly territory .
he was awarded the honorary title of hero of the soviet union on 12 april 1942 .
