Mikhail Feoktistov was born in 1914.

When invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Starshii Leitenant Feoktistov served in 32 IAP-ChF of the Black Sea Fleet. This unit was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s.

In December 1941, he was posted to 8 IAP-ChF, which also was equipped with I-153s.

On 3 April 1942, 8 IAP-ChF was upgraded to a Guards unit as the 6 GIAP-ChF.

Feoktistov ended the war with 2 biplane victories and a total of 6.
These where claimed during 599 combat missions (as of 17 August 1944).
During his career he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner (twice), the Order of Alexander Nevskii, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class (twice) and the Order of the Red Star.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	02/11/41	night	1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Alma	32 IAP-ChF
2	04/11/41		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Sevastopol	32 IAP-ChF
	1942
	25/05/42		1/2	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	Yak-1		Sevastopol	6 GIAP-ChF
3	08/06/42		1	He 111	Destroyed	Yak-1		Inkerman Valley	6 GIAP-ChF
	1943
4	31/03/43		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	Yak-1		Myskhako	6 GIAP-ChF
	1944
5	14/01/44		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	Yak-9		Orlov Mogila	6 GIAP-ChF
6	10/02/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-9			6 GIAP-ChF
	03/05/44		1/2	Bf 110	Shared destroyed	Yak-9		Chersonesos lighthouse	6 GIAP-ChF

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 6 and 2 shared destroyed.

Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936–1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Soviet Aces 1936-1953