Allegiance Soviet Union Name Alexander Molodchy | Rank Lieutenant-General Years of service 1937—1965 Battles and wars World War II | |
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Awards Order of Lenin (3)Order of the Red Banner (2)Order of Alexander NevskyOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st classOrder of the Red Star Service/branch Red Army, Long Range Aviation | ||
Alexander Ignatyevich Molodchy (Russian: Алекса́ндр Игна́тьевич Моло́дчий; Ukrainian: Олександр Гнатович Молодчий, Oleksandr Gnatovych Molodchyi; born on 27 June 1920 – died on 9 June 2002), was a famous pilot of the Soviet Long Range Aviation.
He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on two separate occasions (22 October 1941 and 31 December 1942). Molodchy was the most effective pilot of Long Range Aviation in the Soviet Union during the World War II. He conducted 311 combat flights (including 287 night flights). Molodchy participated in many bombardments of strategic military facilities of Nazi Germany. His combat mileage reached 600 thousand kilometers. He dropped more than 200 thousand tons of bombs on different military and industrial facilities of the enemy.
The Russian heavy strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-160 (hull No 07) was named «Alexander Molodchy» in honour of pilot.