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Who is the Russian World War 2 ace pilot who lost a leg in the war and went back again to fight successfully?
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Alexei Maresyev
Alexei Maresyev, a combat pilot who flew without feet became a people's hero in his country. Maresyev's Yak 1 had been damaged in a dogfight and the pilot was forced to crash-land deep in the enemy rear in Kalinin (Tver) Region, Bleeding from several wounds, it took him 18 days of creeping through forests to reach safety He was found by village children and sent by plane to a hospital in Moscow, where his legs were amputated.
Although this seemed to mark the end of his flying career, Maresyev refused to give up. He returned to the air force on artificial limbs and learned to fly again. Soon he was in a fighter plane, and subsequently downed seven enemy planes.He died minutes before celebrating his 85th Birthday. Although the Birthday celebration was scheduled two days early before the actual day.
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