Mansur Mustafaevich Mazinov (Russian: Мансу́р Мустафа́евич Мазинов; 25 September 1906 – 11 March 1983) was a Soviet flight instructor, air force officer, World War II veteran, and the first Crimean Tatar pilot.

[2] Having been deployed to the frontlines of the Kalinin Front in February 1942 as an officer in the 147th Transport Aviation Regiment, and by June that year he received his first combat award, an Order of the Red Banner.

His delivery missions included aiding partisans and besieged Leningrad, and at times required making landings in extremely difficult conditions at night with poor weather.

At the end of the war he was a deputy squadron commander with the rank of captain in the 142nd Transport Aviation Regiment.

[3][4][5] After the war Mazinov taught at the Starobelsk School of Pilots until 1952; while in the reserve he was promoted to the rank of major.