Andrey Fedotov was born on 16 October 1914.
He joined the Army in 1935 and graduated from Orenburg Military Aviation School of pilots in 1938.

Mladshiy leytenant Fedotov took part in the Finnish-Soviet Winter War from December 1939 to February 1940, serving in 49 IAP and flying Polikarpov I-16s with this unit.

On 21 January, kapitan V. F. Lyubchenko and mladshiy leytenant Fedotov claimed a shared Blenheim over Loimolanjärvi.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, starshiy leytenant Gorbunov served in 2./49 IAP. This unit was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s.

In August 1941, he was posted to 169 IAP, which was equipped with MiG-3s.

Around 16:00 on 5 March, 6./JG 54 escorted a formation of I./StG 5 Ju 87s when six La-5s from 169 IAP/210 IAD, led by major Andrey Fedotov, made a startling surprise attack from above. In the opening attack, three Stukas were claimed shot down over Barskiye Kuliki. These being claimed by major Fedotov, leitenant Pavel Grazhdaninov (according to other sources he claimed a Bf 109), and starshiy leitenant Zaporozhchenko.
But then the German fighter escort fell down upon the Soviet fighter pilots. Fedotov radioed an order to Grazhdaninov and his wingman starshiy serzhant Aleksandr Davydov to keep the Bf 109s at bay. The two Soviet aces completed this task successfully, for twenty minutes, which allowed Fedotov to shoot down one more Ju 87 (according to the Soviet report) over Galuzino (according to some sources Fedotov claimed one Ju 87 and one Bf 109 during the day). But in doing so, Grazhdaninov and Davydov had to sacrifice their lives. The Germans claimed five La-5s shot down. The first two, by Oberfeldwebel Heinrich “Bazi” Sterr, probably were mistakenly reported as shot down when the two La-5s dived steeply to avoid the opening attack from the Messerschmitts. These two claims were reported at 16:16 and 16:17 at an altitude of 1,800 meters and 1,200 meters respectively Then, during the prolonged combat, Grazhdaninov and Davydov seem to have fallen prey to Unteroffizier Albin Wolf (16:18 at 1,000 meters), Unteroffizier Johann Fieber (16:20 at 1,000 meters) or Hauptmann Heinrich Jung (16:35 at 30 meters) from Stab II./JG 54. Neither I./St G 5 nor II./JG 54 seems to have suffer any losses in this combat.
Grazhdaninov had just achieved his 13th and last victory, the Ju 87 mentioned above. On 1 May 1943, Grazhdaninov was honoured with the posthumous appointment to a Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin. His combat career extended over no more than three months in total.

The 169 IAP became a guard’s unit on 18 March 1943, when they were renamed 63 GIAP.

On 1 May 1943, he was decorated with the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union (no. 967) and a second Order of Lenin.
By this time, he had taken part in 160 combat missions.

Fedotov became CO of 63 GIAP on 13 August 1943.

Podpolkovnik Fedotov was shot down and killed in air combat near Vitebsk, Belarus, on 15 December 1943.

At the time of his death, Fedotov was credited with 2 biplane victories and a total of 20.
These had been claimed in more than 200 combat missions.

Posthumously, he was decorated with a second Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class on 6 July 1944.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1940
	21/01/40		1/2	Blenheim	Destroyed	I-16		Loimolanjärvi	49 IAP
	1941
1	22/06/41		1	He 111	Destroyed	I-153		W Dvinsk	2./49 IAP
2	24/06/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	I-153		Liksna airfield	2./49 IAP
3	16/10/41		1	Bf 110	Destroyed	MiG-3		Chudovo	169 IAP
	18/10/41		1/6	Hs 126	Shared destroyed	MiG-3		Selishche	169 IAP
4	25/10/41		1	He 111	Destroyed	MiG-3		Torbino Station	169 IAP
	1942
5	16/12/42		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		Ploskaya	169 IAP
6	29/12/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	La-5		Yeremeyevo	169 IAP
7	29/12/42		1	”FW 198”	Destroyed	La-5		W Novosokol'niki	169 IAP
8	30/12/42		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	La-5		Olokhovo	169 IAP
	1943
9	05/03/43	16:00 ca	1	Ju 87 (a)	Destroyed	La-5		Barskiye Kuliki	169 IAP
10	05/03/43	16:20 ca	1	Ju 87 (b)	Destroyed	La-5		Galuzino	169 IAP
11	07/03/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		Ust'ye	169 IAP
12	07/03/43		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	La-5		Ust'ye	169 IAP
13	07/03/43		1	He 111	Destroyed	La-5		Gryaznyye Kuliki	169 IAP
14	09/03/43		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	La-5		Slugino	169 IAP
15	12/07/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		N Setukha	63 GIAP
16	20/07/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		Spasskoye - Somovo	63 GIAP
17	22/07/43		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	La-5		Domnino Station	63 GIAP
18	22/07/43		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	La-5		S Subbotinskiy	63 GIAP
19	23/07/43		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	La-5		W Bunino	63 GIAP
20	15/12/43		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	La-5		Bukakino	63 GIAP

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 20 and 2 shared destroyed.
(a) Claimed in combat with Ju 87s from I./StG 5, which didn’t suffer any losses.

Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Black Cross/Red Star Volume 4 Stalingrad to Kuban - Christer Bergström, 2019 Vaktel Förlag, Eskistuna, ISBN 978-91-88441-21-8
Deutsche Luftwaffe Losses & Claims -series - Michael Balss
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov