Amet-Han Sultan

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Scale model of Amet-Hans P-39 Airacobra
Scale model of Amet-Hans P-39 Airacobra

Amet-Han Sultan (25 October 1920, Alupka, Crimea – 1 February 1971) was a Crimean Tatar fighter and test pilot. Alternative spellings are Amet-Han Soultan, Ahmet-Han Sultan, Amet-Han Sultan and Sultan Amet-Han.

He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice. During World War II, he participated in 150 air combats with 30 enemy planes downed individually and 19 in group[1], flying, amongst other planes, a colorfull P-39 Airacobra[2]. After World War II, he became a test pilot. He met his unfortunate demise in a plane crash on February 1, 1971. During his lifetime, he was known to have personally tested over 100 planes.

Nevertheless his father was an ethnic Lak, Amet-Han Sultan referred himself a Crimean Tatar. This fact had a major role after Sürgün and also had reflected on his carrier.

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  1. ^ Mellinger and Stanaway 2001, p. 85.
  2. ^ Juszczak and Pęczkowski 2003, p. 119.

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  • Juszczak, Artur and Pęczkowski, Robert. Bell P-39 Airacobra. Sandomierz, Poland/Redbourn, UK: Mushroom Model Publications, 2003. ISBN 83-916327-9-2.
  • Loza, Dmitriy and Gebhardt, James F. (transl.). Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s & the War Against Germany. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2002. ISBN 0-7006-1140-1.
  • Mellinger, George and Stanaway, John. P-39 Airacobra Aces of World War 2. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2001. ISBN 1-84176-204-0.
  • Morgan, Hugh. Soviet Aces of World War 2. London: Reed International Books Ltd., 1998. ISBN 1-85532-632-9.

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