List of Famous people with last name Gastello

Nikolai Gastello

First Name Nikolai

Born on May 6, 1907

Died on June 26, 1941 (aged 34)

Born in Russia

Captain Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello was a Russian aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the best known 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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