Mikhail Korneyev was born in 1918.

Leitenant Korneyev was posted to 977 IAP in January 1943. With this unit he flew Polikarpov I-153s.

He left 977 IAP in March 1943 and in August 1943, he was posted to 161 IAP. With this unit he flew La-5s.

In November 1944, he left 161 IAP and was posted to 927 IAP where he continued to fly La-5s until the end of the war.

Kapitan Konrneyev ended the war with 1 biplane victory and a total of 8.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1943
1	13/02/43		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	I-153		SE Il'skaya	977 IAP
2	22/08/43		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	La-5		Dolgen'kaya	161 IAP
3	23/08/43		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	La-5		Dolgen'kaya	161 IAP
4	24/08/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		Taranovka	161 IAP
5	25/09/43		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	La-5		Okhotcheye	161 IAP
	1944
6	27/07/44		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	La-5		Sandi	161 IAP
7	05/09/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		Tartu	161 IAP
	1945
8	13/04/45		1	FW 190	Destroyed	La-5		East Prussia	927 IAP

Biplane victories: 1 destroyed.
TOTAL: 8 destroyed.

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