Arkady Boytsov
Native name	Аркадий Сергеевич Бойцов
Born	17 March 1923 Podolsk, USSR
Died	15 June 2000(2000-06-15) (aged 77) Samara, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Soviet Air Force
Years of service	1941 — 1976
Rank	General-Major of Aviation
Battles / wars	World War II Korean War
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

Arkady Sergeyevich Boytsov (Russian: Аркадий Сергеевич Бойцов; 17 March 1923 - 15 June 2000) was a Soviet MiG-15 pilot and flying ace during the Korean War, credited with six^[1] to eleven ^[2] victories. He was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.^[3]

• Hero of the Soviet Union (14 July 1953)
• Two Order of Lenin (25 September 1952 and 14 July 1953)
• Three Order of the Red Star (1 September 1944, 22 February 1955, and 30 December 1956)
• Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (11 March 1985)
• Medal "For Military Merit" (17 May 1951)

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• List of Korean War flying aces

• Krylov, Leonid; Tepsurkaev, Yuriy (2008). Soviet MiG-15 Aces of the Korean War. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-299-8.
• Seidov, Igor (2016). Советские асы корейской войны. Moscow: Фонд содействия авиации «Русские витязи». ISBN 9785903389353. OCLC 970400945.
• Werrell, Kenneth P. (2005). Sabres Over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-933-0.

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