18 March] 1902 – 20 May 1988) was the co-pilot of the historic Moscow-North Pole-San Jacinto flight, for which he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1937.

In February 1921 he departed from the frontlines to attend additional artillery courses in Sevastopol; after graduating he was briefly being stationed in the Kharkhov Military District.

After landing the crew went on a three-week tour of the United States, being given the status of honorary citizens of the city of Los Angeles by the mayor and meeting with president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC.

[1] At the time of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Yumashev commanded the 2nd Fighter Squadron of Moscow Air Defense.

In that capacity, he participated in the battles for Voroshilovgrad and Kharkov, but in July he was transferred to be commander of fighter aviation of the Eastern Air Defense Front.

During the war he led projects to give air cover to important military sites, and participated in the preparations for the offensives on Königsberg and Berlin.

[1] Having retired from the military in October 1946 for health reasons, Yumashev lived in Moscow but spent a lot of his time at a dacha in Alupka, and soon began his art career, joining the Union of Artists that year.