Fedor Falaleyev
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Fedor Yakovlevich Falaleyev (1899-1955) was a Soviet Marshal of the Air Force.
During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) he commanded the Air Force of the 6th Army, the Air Force of the South-Western Front and the Southwestern direction, was chief of staff and deputy commander of the Red Army's Air Force. As representative of the Supreme Command Headquarters for aviation he coordinated actions of air armies in various directions, took part in operations to liberate the Donbas area, Southern Ukraine and the Crimea and also in the Belarusian, Baltic and East Prussian operations.
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