Konstantin Abazovsky

Konstantin Antonovich Abazovsky (Russian: Константин Антонович Абазовский; 1 October 1919-26 October 1944) was a VVS lieutenant, flying ace and Hero of the Soviet Union.

Early life
Abazovsky was born on 1 October 1919 in the village of Obukhovo in the Lepel district of Vitebsk Governorate to a peasant family. He graduated from the Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute and was a history teacher in a junior high school in Plisa, Beshankovichy district. In 1940, Abazovsky was drafted into the Red Army.

World War II
Abazovsky graduated from the Military Aviation School. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1943. During the same year, he was sent to the front and flew on the North Caucasian Front and then on the Crimean Front. On 6 May 1944, the attack aviation unit commanded by Abazovsky reportedly shot down five German fighters, destroyed eight on the ground and destroyed two warehouses full of ammunition in Sevastopol. By August 1944, Abazovsky commanded the 190th Attack Aviation Regiment, attached to the 2nd Baltic Front. In 106 flights, he allegedly destroyed 11 tanks and three aircraft on the ground. On 26 October 1944, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin. On the same day, Abazovsky was killed in a dogfight.