Adil Huseyn oghlu Guliyev (Azerbaijani: Adil Hüseyn oğlu Quliyev; Russian: Адиль Гусейн оглы Кулиев, romanized: Adil' Guseyn ogly Kuliyev; 22 November 1922–16 December 1992) was an Azerbaijani fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force who became a flying ace with twenty shootdowns during the Second World War.
In April he became a student at the Stalingrad Military Aviation School, from which he graduated in the following year.
[2] In the winter of 1943, the regiment was deployed to the Northwestern Front in the Demyansk Pocket area.
[1][5] The 65th Guards IAP was pulled out of combat in early October to receive the new Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter.
During the month of June Guliyev made 34 sorties and shot down four fighters and a bomber.
During the month Guliyev and his unit covered the attack of the 3rd Belorussian Front towards Orsha, conducted aerial reconnaissance and blocked German airfields.
On 10 July, with his flight over Vilnius, Guliyev reportedly attacked a German formation of 17 bombers with fighter over.
[8] By 10 September, he had reportedly made 141 sorties, participated in 38 air battles, and shot down fifteen enemy aircraft.
On 23 February 1945 he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.
By the end of the war, Guliyev had shot down twenty German aircraft in 265 sorties and 64 air battles.
He worked as a director of Baku Airport[3] and later was department head in the Azerbaijan Consumer Society.
Guliyev published two books of memoirs, "До встречи в Берлине", or "See you in Berlin" in 1975 and Есть пламя!, or "There are flames!"