Alexander Ignatyevich Molodchy (Russian: Александр Игнатьевич Молодчий, Ukrainian: Олександр Гнатович Молодчий; 27 June 1920 – 9 June 2002) was a Ukrainian Soviet long-range bomber pilot who flew over 300 missions on the B-25, Il-4, and Yer-2 during World War II, placing him among the top bomber pilots of the Soviet Union by number of sorties.

[9] Throughout the war he flew 311 sorties, consisting of 24 daylight and 287 night missions on the Yer-2, Il-4, and B-25 over strategically-important cities in Europe including Berlin, Stalingrad, Kursk, Königsberg, Budapest, Vitebsk, Minsk, Vilnius, Riga, Smolensk, Oryol, and Polotsk.

He went on to attend to Higher Officer Flight and Tactical School of Long-Range Aviation in Ivanovo, which he graduated from in 1948 before returning to his post at the 37th Bomber Regiment.

After graduating from the Military Academy of General Staff in November 1959 he was assigned to the 5th Long-Range Air Army, and in 1961 he took command of the 8th Separate Bomber Aviation Corps.

Shortly after storming out of a meeting with military officials in outrage, he was discharged into the reserve - supposedly for health reasons, even though he was only 44 years old at the time.

[10] After leaving the military in 1965, he briefly worked as a manager of a fuel trust in Lugansk, but his strong will led to him getting into squabbles with high-ranking politicians in the region.

In 1968 he moved to Chernigov; his health deteriorated over time and he suffered multiple heart attacks, and he became depressed after his gold star medals were stolen.