Background
GASTELLO, Nikolay was born on April 23, 1907.
GASTELLO, Nikolay was born on April 23, 1907.
Graduate military aviation school.
Before military service cupola furnace worker, Moscow-Kazan’ Railroad and railroad foreman in Murom. 1939 fought at Khalkhin-Gol and 1939-1940 in Soviet-Finnish War. 26 June 1941 his squadron bombed a German motorized column on the road from Molodechno to Radoshkovichi.
An anti-aircraft grenade damaged the gas tank of his plane. Sacrificing his own life, he rammed the massed enemy vehicles with his burning plane.
Communist Party member from 1928.