Yakov Smushkevich
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Yakov Vladimirovich Smushkevich was the Commander of the Soviet Air Forces from 1939 to 1940 and the first Jewish Hero of the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
Born: April 14, 1902, Rokiškis, Lithuania
Died: October 28, 1941 (age 39 years), Samara Oblast, Russia