Vladimir Milhaylovich Komarov
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Vladimir Milhaylovich Komarov; Engineer Colonel, Red Air Force; born March 16, 1927, Moscow; died April 24, 1967, when Soyuz 1’s parachutes tangled during descent; was married, two children. Attended the Zhukovskiy Air Force Engineering Academy, and became a cosmonaut in 1960. He was backup pilot for Vostok 4, command pilot of Voskhod 1, and pilot of Soyuz 1.