Mikhail Kostikov was born in 1919.

When German attacked the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, mladshiy leitenant Kostikov served in 127 IAP, which was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s.

He left 127 IAP in December 1941 and was posted to 179 IAP in April 1942.
He was to serve with this unit during the remain of the war and with this unit he flew Hurricanes, Yak-1s and Yak-9s.

Kostikov and Vasiliy Bocharov claimed one Bf 109 each over Shurami on 8 December 1944.

Kostikov ended the war with 3 shared biplane victories and a total of 10.
These had been claimed during around 320 combat missions and around 60 air combats.
During the war, he was decorated with the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner (four times) and the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st and 2nd Class.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
	22/06/41		1/?	Bf 110	Shared destroyed	I-153		Grodno	127 IAP
	27/08/41		1/?	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Yelnya	127 IAP
	30/08/41		1/?	Hs 126	Shared destroyed	I-153		Yelnya	127 IAP
	1942
1	11/07/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Hurricane		Bukan	179 IAP
	1944
	24/02/44		1/4	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	Yak-1		Podgaytsy	179 IAP
2	09/04/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		north-western outskirts of Buchach	179 IAP
3	15/04/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		E Gorodishche	179 IAP
4	16/04/44		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	Yak-1		S Plotycha	179 IAP
5	23/04/44		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-1		N Berezhany	179 IAP
6	20/07/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		W Zolochev	179 IAP
7	12/08/44		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-1		Shurami	179 IAP
	1945
8	06/01/45		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Yak-1		NE Tokod	179 IAP
9	16/01/45		1	Ju 87	Destroyed	Yak-1		manor's yard Velikiy Khrast	179 IAP
10	21/03/45		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1, Yak-9		Ach	179 IAP

Biplane victories: 3 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 10 and 4 shared destroyed.

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