Vasiliy Denisovitsj Loetsenko
1923–1948 (age 25)
Biography
Vasiliy Denisovitsj Loetsenko was born in Chelyabinsk in 1923. He pursued a career as a test pilot, contributing to the development of Soviet aviation during the World War II period and beyond.
Loetsenko died in 1948 at the age of 25. His brief career as a test pilot represented the dangerous and pioneering work of those who advanced Soviet aviation technology in the postwar period.