Biography:Leonid Ivanov (test pilot)

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Leonid Ivanov
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Born
DiedOctober 24, 1980(1980-10-24) (aged 30)
Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
NationalitySoviet
OccupationPilot
Space career
Cosmonaut

Leonid Grigoriyevich Ivanov (June 25, 1950 – October 24, 1980) was a member of Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 6. He graduated from Higher Air Force School, Kachinsk, in 1971.[1][2]

Ivanov was killed on October 24, 1980, in the crash of a MiG-27 aircraft during a test flight in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.[1][2]

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