Nikolai Gastello, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hero of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 06-May-1907
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Date of Death: 26-Jun-1941
Profession: aircraft pilot, soldier
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Nikolai Gastello
- Captain Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello (Russian: ??????? ????????? ????????, April 23, 1907 – June 26, 1941) was a Russian aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
- He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the first Soviet pilot to conduct a "fire taran" – a suicide action by the pilot of an aircraft on fire, flying into a target with the intention of setting it alight.
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