Maxim Potyomin

Division Navigator and Ka-27 Pilot/Navigator - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: 1st Guards Composite Aviation Division, 4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army, Southern Military District

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Killed on July 8, 2022 by a missile attack on the command post

Cargo ID: #319

Full Name: Maxim Alekseevich Potyomin

Russian Name: Потёмин Максим Алексеевич

Date of Birth: 1980 (age: 42 years)

Place of Birth: Volgograd, Russia

Place of Death: Kherson area, Ukraine (Himars, Killed with Anatoly Stasyukevich CID #322)

Education: Kachinsky Higher Aviation School and after its disbandment he was transferred to the Krasnodar Higher Aviation Pilot School (Graduated 2002)

Awards: Under investigation

"You flew up like a bird in the sky,… An angel with a crystal soul… And when do you want to be with us together… Quietly flying over the ground… In memory we will remember you strong… A Real Son and Father… Husband, Brother, Friend of course… We'll save the tears for later… We are proud - you are an example for many Naughty boys in the yard. The pride, undoubtedly, of generations… Let RUSSIA remember you…"

The son of the chairman of the regional parachuting federation was seen off on his last journey

As the host of the farewell ceremony told the audience, officer Maxim Potyomin made more than 700 parachute jumps.

— Over the years of service, Maxim Alekseevich held various positions. He was a parachute jumping instructor, later a senior officer of the district parachute service, then deputy chief of staff of the district. He is an aviation navigator.