Background
PROKOF’YEV, Georgiy was born on August 17, 1902.
PROKOF’YEV, Georgiy was born on August 17, 1902.
Studied at Air Force Academy.
Studied aspects of flight in lightcr-than-air craft. 1929 performed first independent flight in spherical aerostat. 1933, together with East.K. Birnbaum, and K.D. Godunov, performed record stratospheric flight in “Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics-1” stratostat, reaching an altitude of 19,000 meters.
Communist Party member from 1920.