Sergei Anokhin (test pilot)

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Sergey Nikolaevich Anokhin
Native name
Сергей Николаевич Анохин
Born1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1910
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died15 April 1986
Moscow, USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service1941 – 1964
RankColonel
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR
Stalin Prize
Signature

Sergey Nikolaevich Anokhin (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Ано́хин; 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1910 – 15 April 1986) was a Soviet Air Forces officer and a test pilot serving in the Soviet space program.[1][2]

Early life and education

Sergei Anokhin was born in

glider pilot, instructor and established numerous world records for gliding flights.[3]

During its one and only flight on 2 September 1942, Anokhin piloted the Antonov A-40, an experimental Soviet glider T-60 tank. After being released by the tow aircraft, he landed the tank glider to a field near the airport, and after dropping the glider wings and tail, the T-60 was driven back to its base. However, due to the lack of a sufficiently-powerful aircraft to tow the tank at the required speed of 160 km/h (99 mph), the project was abandoned.[4] In World War II, Anokhin assumed command of an Air Force regiment in Belarus.[2]

Test pilot and space program

In 1943, Anokhin joined the Flight Research Institute and become the lead test pilot for the first type of Soviet developed jet propelled airplane. Through this, he became one of the most popular test pilots in the Soviet Air Force. Despite having lost his left eye in after a serious accident while flying a Yak-3 on 17 May 1945, he continued to work as a test pilot. From 1951 to 1953, he along with Amet-khan Sultan, Fyodor Burtsev, and Vasily Pavlov flew manned tests of the KS-1 Komet, for which he was awarded the Stalin prize.[5]

He was awarded the title

Oleg Makarov, Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Vladislav Volkov, and Valery Yazdovsky. These men were collectively known in the Soviet Space program as “Korolev’s Kindergarten”. After training these men, they were brought into various Soviet missions as engineers and scientists at the discretion of Anokhin.[7] Eventually, Anokhin himself was denied becoming an active cosmonaut for later missions due to health problems. He worked in the administration of the Soviet space program until his retirement in 1978.[2]

Later life

Anokhin died on 15 April 1986 and is buried in Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The centenary of the Russian test pilot, the Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Anokhin". Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. 1 April 1910. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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  3. ISBN 5-217-01048-7. Retrieved 2018-01-05.[permanent dead link
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  4. ISBN 978-0-7607-6742-9
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  5. ^ Simonov, Andrey. "Анохин Сергей Николаевич". www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-04-30.
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  7. ISBN 0-387-21894-7
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