Yuri Garnaev

Yuri Alexandrovich Garnaev
Born	(1917-12-17)December 17, 1917 Russian SFSR, Balashov town
Died	August 6, 1967(1967-08-06) (aged 49) Frankreich, Le Rove
Service/branch	Red Air Force
Years of service	1938 — 1945
Rank	Captain
Commands	Red Army
Battles/wars	Battles of Khalkhin Gol, Soviet–Japanese War
Awards
Other work	Test-pilot

Yuri Alexandrovich Garnaev (Russian: Юрий Александрович Гарнаев, 17 December 1917 - 6 August 1967) was a famous test pilot in the Soviet Union.

Biography

Yuri Alexandrovich Garnaev spent his childhood and youth in the town of Balashov, Saratov Oblast, Russia.

He made a series of high-speed (up to 800 km/h) ejection seat test and parachute test jumps in 1951.

Then he started his test pilot career in 1951, working for the LII.

Made numerous series flights by Soviet VTOL program and Yakovlev Yak-36 testing.

Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1964.

Yuri Garnaev perished in a Mi-6PZh helicopter crash in Le Rove, France, while fighting extensive wildfires.

Sources

• Template:Ru icon Biography at warheroes.ru

External links

• Video: Soviet 'Flying Bedstead' - LII turbolet on YouTube test-pilot: Yuri Garnaev
• Film: The Deathly Vertical of Garnaev the Pilot
• Monument at the Le Rove, France. Located at 43°21′43.73″N 5°13′43.42″E.