Vasiliy Migunov was born on 11 January 1918.

He graduated from Odessa Flight School in 1938.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, leitenant Migunov served in 29 IAP. This regiment was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s.

It seems that leitenants Vasiliy Khitrin and Migunov claimed a shared He 111 on 29 July 1941.

On 2 October, 29 IAP claimed at least two Hs 126. It seems that leitenants Vasiliy Khitrin and Migunov claimed one shared together while the second was claimed ”in group”.

29 IAP claimed a FW 189 shot down ”in group” on 4 October. It seems that two of the pilots involved were leitenants Vasiliy Khitrin and Migunov.

Migunov was decorated with the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 22 October 1941.

29 IAP became a guard’s unit on 6 December 1941 and renamed to 1 GIAP.

1 GIAP was reorganized between 9 December 1941 and 8 January 1942 and re-equipped with Hawker Hurricanes.

On 31 March 1942, starshiy leitenant Migunov was killed while performing a ”taran” ramming attack on a Ju 88 near Budovo.
The cause of his loss didn’t become known until post-war.

At the time of his death, Migunov was credited with 5 shared biplane victories and a total of 1.
This had been claimed during 170 combat missions.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
	29/07/41		1/2	He 111	Shared destroyed	I-153		North-Western Front	29 IAP
	02/10/41		1/2	He 126	Shared destroyed	I-153		Western Front	29 IAP
	02/10/41		1/?	He 126	Shared destroyed	I-153		Western Front	29 IAP
	04/10/41		1/?	FW 189	Shared destroyed	I-153		Western Front	29 IAP
	28/10/41		1/2	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Western Front	29 IAP
	1942
	31/03/42		1	Ju 88 (a)	Destroyed	Hurricane		nr Budovo	1 GIAP

Biplane victories: 5 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 1 and 5 shared destroyed.
(a) Claimed in a ”taran” ramming attack.

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