Rank: Lieutenant Colonel. Branch of military: aviation. Division: 279th fighter aviation red banner division. Born on August 4, 1921 in the village of Gushchino, Oryol region. Arriving in Moscow, he got a job at the ZIS plant (aka ZIL) as an electrician. In the late 1930s, he signed up for an aeroclub near Moscow, which was based in the city of Reutov. After entering flight school, as a cadet, he flew the U-2 (Po-2), I-16, Yak-1. Since May 1943, Junior Lieutenant I. A. Yegorov in the active army. He fought in the 92nd IAC (279th IAD, 6th IAC, 16th Air army) on La-5 and La-7 aircraft. He was shot down twice (both times on the Kursk bulge: near the villages of Ponyri and Sevsk). It is mentioned in the famous book " 16th Air army...": "on September 14, 1943, four La-5s from the 6th IAK covered the advancing troops on the battlefield. The group was headed by Irkutsk Junior Lieutenant A. p. Soluyanov. Together with him, his younger brother Alexander fought in a pair. The second pair consisted of Lieutenant V. M. Vikhlyaev and second Lieutenant I. A. Yegorov. Meeting four FW-190s, the Soluyanov brothers suddenly attacked them. One" Fokker " was shot down by Soluyanov Jr., after which the enemy disappeared. Soon the pilots saw up to 25 Ju-87s under the cover of a large number of fighters that were heading to bomb our troops. Four Soviet fighters immediately launched an attack and engaged in a battle that lasted 25 minutes. "Lavochkin" came out victorious. The enemy bombers failed to complete their mission. They dropped their bombs without purpose and turned back to their own territory. The Soviet four shot down 3 Junkers and 3 Focke-wulfs in this battle. The battle score of the four brave falcons grew from day to day. In the summer offensive battles, the Soluyanov brothers, Vikhlyaev and Yegorov conducted 31 air battles and shot down 24 enemy aircraft. During these battles, Lieutenant Vikhlyaev destroyed 8, the Soluyanov brothers - 10, and Junior Lieutenant Yegorov - 6 enemy aircraft." In total, during the war, senior Lieutenant I. A. Egorov made 243 sorties (150 of them-to cover attack aircraft), conducted 53 air battles, personally shot down 10 aircraft (4 FW-190, 1 Me-109, 4 Ju-87, 1 Ne-111) and 1 Ju-52 was counted as a group victory. After the end of the war, Ivan Alekseyevich served for some time in Austria and Hungary. He flew La-9, La-11, MiG-15, MiG-17 aircraft. He retired in 1959 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He worked at the Rubin plant (Moscow region), and then - in the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the USSR. He retired in 1986. He died on June 21, 2005. Awarded the order of the red banner (three times), world war II 2nd degree, red Star (twice); medals: "For bravery", "for the capture of Vienna", "for the capture of Budapest" and others.