Aleksey Vasilyevich Alelyukhin (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Алелюхин; 30 March 1920– 29 October 1990) was a Soviet World War II flying ace and twice Hero of the Soviet Union who later became a major general.

He served in the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment and went on to a series of postwar command positions, retiring as a major general in 1985.

Alelyukhin was born on 30 March 1920 in Kesova Gora village in Tver Governorate.

[2][3][4] Alelyukhin provided air cover during the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina during June and July 1940, still with the 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

In late 1942, Alelyukhin and the regiment flew combat missions during the Battle of Stalingrad.

He evaded a Bf 109 on his tail six times and escaped by diving to tree-top level.

[8] During August 1943, the regiment received American Bell P-39 Airacobras, on which Alelyukhin would claim at least seventeen victories.

[10] On 24 August, Alelyukhin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for making 265 sorties and shooting down 11 enemy aircraft in 65 air battles.

[11] On 1 November, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union again for making 410 sorties, fighting in 114 air battles and shooting down 26 enemy aircraft.

On 5 May, he shot down an Fw 190 over Crimea, but his aircraft was damaged and Alelyukhin was forced to bail out.

After the end of the Crimean Offensive, the regiment transferred to Chkalovsky Airport for retraining on the Lavochkin La-7.

[3] After the fall of Königsberg and the subsequent Samland Offensive in April, the regiment was transferred to fight in the Battle of Berlin.

[13] According to George Mellinger, Alelyukhin had shot down 40 enemy aircraft and claimed 17 shared victories by the end of the war.

In July, Alelyukhin was sent with the division to China, where it became part of the 64th Fighter Aviation Corps and fought in the Korean War.

In December 1951, the division rotated out of China and moved to the Baku Air Defence District.

Between 1980 and 1985, Alelyukhin served as the deputy chief of staff of the Moscow Military District aviation.