Nikolai Artamonov
1920–1945 (age 25)
Biography
Nikolai Artamonov became a flying ace whose flights over Slovakia carried both skill and a sense of protective duty, balancing the roar of engines with a cool resolve.
He gave himself wholly to the defense of his comrades, and when he was lost in 1945 the pilots he flew with honored him as a fearless aviator whose sacrifice still inspires respect.