Grigory Bakhchivandzhi
Soviet fighter pilot
Grigory Yakovlevich Bakhchivandzhi was a Soviet fighter pilot and early jet test pilot. In 1942 he flew the first powered takeoff of a Soviet rocket plane, the BI-1, but he died in the line of duty testing the Bereznyak-Isayev BI-3 variant the... Wikipedia
Born: February 20, 1908, Tamansky otdel
Died: March 27, 1943 (age 35 years), Bilimbai, Russia
Awards: Order of Lenin
Education: Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots (1934)
Nationality: Russian and Soviet