Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev
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Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev , 1909–1944, was a Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of the aviation engineering service. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1931.
Yermolaev was a leading engineer in development of the Bartini "Stal-7
" aircraft. Yermolayev became the chief of OKB
-240 in 1939, after Bartini was arrested and interned in a Siberian Gulag
; he led the development and production of Stal-7 based long range bomber DB-240/Yer-2/Yer-4 and its variants with Charomskii ACh-30 diesel engines.
Yermolaev died in 1944 due to a typhoid infection.
Yermolaev was a leading engineer in development of the Bartini "Stal-7
Bartini Stal-7
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" aircraft. Yermolayev became the chief of OKB
OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...
-240 in 1939, after Bartini was arrested and interned in a Siberian Gulag
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
; he led the development and production of Stal-7 based long range bomber DB-240/Yer-2/Yer-4 and its variants with Charomskii ACh-30 diesel engines.
Yermolaev died in 1944 due to a typhoid infection.
See also
- Yermolaev Design Bureau