Amet-Han Sultan

Amet-Han Sultan

. Alternative spellings are Amet-Han Soultan, Ahmet-Han Sultan, Amet-Han Sultan and Sultan Amet-Han.

He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice. During World War II, he participated in 150 air combats with 30 enemy planes downed individually and 19 in group [Mellinger and Stanaway 2001, p. 85.] , flying, amongst other planes, a colorfull P-39 Airacobra [Juszczak and Pęczkowski 2003, p. 119.] . After World War II, he became a test pilot. He met his unfortunate demise in a plane crash on February 1, 1971. During his lifetime, he was known to have personally tested over 100 planes.

Nevertheless his father was an ethnic Lak, Amet-Han Sultan referred himself a Crimean Tatar. This fact had a major role after Sürgün and also had reflected on his carrier.

References

Notes

Bibliography

* Juszczak, Artur and Pęczkowski, Robert. "Bell P-39 Airacobra". Sandomierz, Poland/Redbourn, UK: Mushroom Model Publications, 2003. ISBN 83-916327-9-2.
* Loza, Dmitriy and Gebhardt, James F. (transl.). "Attack of the Airacobras: Soviet Aces, American P-39s & the War Against Germany". Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2002. ISBN 0-7006-1140-1.
* Mellinger, George and Stanaway, John. "P-39 Airacobra Aces of World War 2". Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2001. ISBN 1-84176-204-0.
* Morgan, Hugh. "Soviet Aces of World War 2". London: Reed International Books Ltd., 1998. ISBN 1-85532-632-9.

External links

* [http://www.pilotenbunker.de/Jagdflieger/CCCP/Sultan_Ahmet/sultan.htm http://www.pilotenbunker.de/Jagdflieger/CCCP/Sultan_Ahmet/sultan.htm]
* [http://www.testpilot.ru/memo/70/ametkhan_e.htm http://www.testpilot.ru/memo/70/ametkhan_e.htm]

See also

* List of Crimean Tatars


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