1915 – 15 August 1941

Yefim Fomin was born in 1915.

Starshiy leitenant Fomin took part in the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940 flying Polikarpov I-15bis and I-153s in 5 ShAP and 147 IAP but without claiming anything.
He served in 5 ShAP from December 1939 until January 1940

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, starshiy leitenant Fomin still served in 147 IAP, flying Polikarpov I-153s.

After claiming five Ju 88s in August, he was wounded in air combat on 15 August and died of his wound on his way to hospital.

At the time of his death, Fomin was credited with 5 biplane victories.
These had been claimed during 49 combat missions.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	13/08/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Mishukov Mayak - Rosta - Ura-Guba	147 IAP
2	13/08/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Mishukov Mayak - Rosta - Ura-Guba	147 IAP
3	13/08/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Mishukov Mayak - Rosta - Ura-Guba	147 IAP
4	15/08/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Restikent	147 IAP
5	15/08/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Restikent	147 IAP

Biplane victories: 5 destroyed.
TOTAL: 5 destroyed.

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