Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Ермолаев; 29 August 1909 – 31 December 1944) was a Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of the aviation engineering service. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1931.[1]

Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev
Владимир Григорьевич Ермолаев
Born29 August 1909
Died31 December 1944 (aged 35)
NationalitySoviet
Occupationaircraft designer
AwardsOrder of Suvorov

Yermolaev was a leading engineer in development of the Bartini "Stal-7" aircraft. Yermolayev became the chief of OKB-240 in 1939, after Bartini was arrested and interned in a Siberian Gulag; he led the development and production of Stal-7–based long-range bomber DB-240/Yer-2/Yer-4 and its variants with Charomskiy ACh-30 diesel engines.

Yermolaev died in 1944 due to a typhoid infection.

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  1. ^ Хазанов, Дмитрий; Медведь, Александр (5 September 2017). Дальний бомбардировщик Ер-2. "Самолет несбывшихся надежд" (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785457410992.