Pavel Babaïlov

Pavel Konstantinovich Babaïlov (25 February 1919, Neustroyevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast –14 October 1944) was a Soviet aviator. He was born in a peasant family of Russian ethnicity in Neustroyevo, Sverdlovsk Oblast on 25 February 1919. He joined the Red Army as a volunteer in January 1940 and fought in the Winter War. In 1941 he was transferred to the Soviet Air Force. He became a member of the Communist Party in 1944 and was killed in action on 14 October 1944. On 23 February 1945, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.