Vladimir Yermolaev
Soviet aerospace engineer (1909–1944)
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Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Ермолаев; 29 August 1909 – 31 December 1944) was a Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of the aviation engineering service. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1931.[1]
Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev | |
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| Владимир Григорьевич Ермолаев | |
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| Born | 29 August 1909 |
| Died | 31 December 1944 (aged 35) |
| Occupation | aircraft designer |
| Awards | Order of Suvorov |
Yermolaev was a leading engineer in development of the Bartini "Stal-7" aircraft. Yermolayev became the chief of OKB-240 in 1939, after Bartini was arrested and interned in a Siberian Gulag; he led the development and production of Stal-7–based long-range bomber DB-240/Yer-2/Yer-4 and its variants with Charomskiy ACh-30 diesel engines.
Yermolaev died in 1944 due to a typhoid infection.
