Pyotr Afanasyevich Pokryshev (Russian: ???? ?????´?????? ?????´???; 24 August [O.S.
11 August] 1914 – 22 August 1967) was a fighter pilot and squadron commander in the Soviet Airforce during the Second World War who became a flying ace with 18 individual and 9 shared confirmed shootdowns who twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.