Aleksandr Senatorov

Aleksandr Sergeevich Senatorov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Сенаторов; 8 October 1912 – 24 January 1993) was a lieutenant-general in the Soviet Air Force.

As the commander of a detachment of a fast bomber squadron he bombed military targets deep in the rear of enemy lines.

He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 14 March 1938 and went on to graduate from the General Staff Academy's advanced course for command personnel in 1939.

[1] During World War II he was a Major-General of Aviation and in the summer of 1942 he was appointed commander of the 9th Air Army of the Far Eastern Front.

From September 1944, he was the deputy commander of the 16th Air Army, which, as part of the 1st Belorussian Front, fought against the Germans in the Vistula-Oder and Berlin offensive operations.