Alelukhin Alexei Vasilievich Born March 30, 1920 in the village of Kesova - Gora Kalinin region in the family working. He graduated from high school. In the red Army since 1938. He graduated from the military aviation school Chkalov in 1939. The participant of the great Patriotic war from June 1941.
He was promoted from private pilot to Deputy commander of the fighter wing. Participated in the defense of Odessa, Kharkov, in the offensive battles near Rostov, Taganrog, Melitopol, in Germany.
August 24, 1943 for military valor and courage during the defense of Odessa and the battle of Stalingrad, in battles near Rostov, Taganrog and Melitopol, 265 sorties and to participate in 65 air battles, which shot down 11 enemy aircraft in person and 6 in the group, the commander of squadron 9 th Guards fighter aviation regiment Guard captain A. V. Alelyukhin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.