Pavel Agafonov was born in 1907.

He was CO of a Zvena in the 109 IAE, 36 IAB, in the Kiev Military District.

In October 1936 he went to Spain (arriving on 20 October) as a member of the first group of volunteers to fly in the Spanish Civil War.
In Spain, he used the nom de guerre Pedro Jimenez. He served in Escuadrilla Rychagov, which was equipped with I-15s.

By 9 December, he was credited with 2 He 51s.

Agafonov left Spain on 7 April 1937.
During his time in Spain he claimed 5 and 3 shared victories flying the I-15.

Later he served in China and during the Second World War he was CO of the 97 SAD.

From 9 August to 3 September, he took part in war against Japan in Manchuria, receiving the Victory over Japan award at the end of September.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1936
1	??/??/36		1	He 51	Destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
2	??/??/36		1	He 51	Destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
3	??/??/3?		1	Enemy aircraft	Destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
4	??/??/3?		1	Enemy aircraft	Destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
5	??/??/3?		1	Enemy aircraft	Destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
	??/??/3?		1	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
	??/??/3?		1	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov
	??/??/3?		1	Enemy aircraft	Shared destroyed	I-15		Spain	Escuadrilla Rychagov

Biplane victories: 5 and 3 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 5 and 3 shared destroyed.

Sources:
Air Aces Home Page - Jan Safarik
Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-153 Aces - Mikhail Maslov, 2010 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 978-1-84603-981-2