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Alexander Yakovlevich Letuchy (1908 – 2002)

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/The Pantheon of military glory/Historic Burials in the Kazanskoye Cemetery/Heroes of The Soviet Union

A.Y. Letuchy was awarded the Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on May 19, 1940. A.Y. Letuchy landed his aircraft in the enemy territory and rescued the crew of the disabled aircraft.
A.Y. Letuchy participated in the Soviet-Finnish War in 1939-1940 and the Great Patriotic War.
He had lived in Pushkin since 1957.
A.Y. Letuchy was awarded the Red Banner Order, the Alexander Nevsky Order, the I Class Patriotic War Order, two Red Star Orders, and medals.
Colonel.
A.Y. Letuchy was buried at the Kazanskoye Cemetery.

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Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-40
Kazanskoe Cemetery