Vasily Afonin
Vasily Maximovich Afonin was a Soviet air ace who fought in the German-Soviet War.
Vasily Afonin also participated in the Winter War of 1939–1940.
During the German-Soviet War he fought with the 72 GIAP, flying at various times the LaGG-3, Yak-1, Yak-7, Yak-9 and Yak-3.
Retiring at the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Afonin was officially credited with 14 personal and 3 shared victories in the air :
| Date | Planes shot | Enemy plane | Place |
| 18.07.1943 | 1 | Ju 87 | to the west of Medvedki |
| 18.07.1943 | 1/2 | Fw 190 | to the east of Medvedki |
| 18.07.1943 | 1 | Fw 190 | south-western outskirts of Syzenka |
| 12.08.1943 | 1 | Fw 190 | to the west of Upper Pesochnya |
| 12.08.1943 | 1 | Fw 190 | Lubenka airfield |
| 13.08.1943 | 1 | Ju 87 | Upper Pesochnya |
| 14.08.1943 | 1 | Ju 87 | Upper Pesochnya |
| 14.08.1943 | 1 | Fw 190 | Natarovo |
| 16.08.1943 | 1 | Ju 87 | Lubenka |
| 19.08.1943 | 1 | Fw 190 | Vorontsovo |
| 17.07.1944 | 1 | Fw 190 | Naumovichi |
| 17.07.1944 | 1/2 | Fw 190 | to the north-west of Grodno |
| 14.10.1944 | 1 | Fw 190 | to the west of Makuv |
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Russian Federation
- Order of the Red Banner, three times
- Order of the Patriotic War;
- *1st Class
- *2nd Class, twice
- Medal for Combat Service
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
- Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"