- Born
- February 2, 1904
- Died
- December 15, 1938 (aged 34)
- Known as
- aircraft pilot, test pilot, politician, airman
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov was a Russian and Soviet test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936).
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