branch death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
soviet air forces 28 august 1941 nizhnie likhobory , moscow soviet union soviet union order of lenin -lrb- twice -rrb- spanish war civil war , second sino-japanese war , winter 02 january 1911 commander of the soviet air forces file : rychagov pavel vasilievich.jpg pavel rychagov
 pavel vasilievich rychagov
pavel rychagov

pavel vasilievich rychagov -lrb- 2 january 1911 -- 28 october 1941 -rrb- was the commander of the soviet air forces -lrb- vvs -rrb- for a brief time from 28 august 1940 to 14 april 1941 .
he was removed from that position shortly before operation barbarossa and the outbreak of the great patriotic war , and was executed in a purge of the red army several months later .
