Rylev M.R. Rylev Mikhail Romanovich was born in 1922 in the city of Kizlyar, DASSR. In May 1941 he was sent to study at the Chkalov Taganrog Pilot School. He took part in combat missions on the IL-2 attack aircraft with the rank of guard junior lieutenant, near the city of Vienna (Austrian Alps). He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree, the medal "For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."