Grigory Panteleyevich Kravchenko was a test pilot who became a flying ace and twice Hero of the Soviet Union in Asia before the start of Operation Barbarossa. When he was killed in action during World War II near Leningrad, he was a lieutenant general in command of the 215th Fighter Aviation Division.

Sergey Ivanovich Gritsevets was a Soviet major and pilot who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.