Leonid Ivanov (test pilot)

This article is about the Soviet cosmonaut. For the Soviet World War II pilot with a similar name, see Leonid Ivanov (pilot).

Leonid Grigoriyevich Ivanov (June 25, 1950 – October 24, 1980) was a member of Soviet Air Force Cosmonaut Training Group 6. He graduated from Higher Air Force School, Kachinsk, in 1971.^[1][2]

Leonid Ivanov
Born	(1950-06-25)June 25, 1950 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Died	October 24, 1980(1980-10-24) (aged 30) Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Occupation	Test pilot
Space career
Cosmonaut

Ivanov was killed on 24 October 1980, in the crash of a MiG-27 aircraft during a test flight in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.^[1][2]