Sulom-Bek Oskanov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sulom-Bek Oskanov

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1944

Place of Birth: Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1992

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sulom-Bek Susarkulovich Oskanov (Russian: ???????? ???????????? ???????; 1 August 1943 – 2 July 1992) was an Ingush pilot and Major-General in the Soviet and later Russian Air Forces who headed the Lipetsk Center of Combat Training.
After his death in a plane crash in which he chose not to eject from the plane which would save himself in order to prevent casualties on the ground, he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation; he was the first person awarded the title.