1912 – 17 February 1942

Sergei Putyakov was born in 1912.

He joined the Red Army in 1934.

On 12 July 1941, starshii leitenant Putyakov joined 29 IAP, which was equipped with Polikarpov I-153s and I-16s.

He was transferred to 127 IAP on 22 September and continued to fly I-153s and I-16s with this unit, which at the time was tasked with escorting transport aircraft to the besieged Leningrad and covering the ice roads over Ladoga.
The unit was transferred away on 31 December 1941.

He was decorated with the Order of the Red Star on 6 December.

On 17 February 1942, kapitan Putyakov was killed in air combat near the village of Novaya Maluks on the Leningrad Front.
At the time he was CO of 2./127 IAP.

At the time of his death Putyakov was credited with 5 victories.
These had been claimed during more than 200 combat missions and more than 20 air combats.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
	27/07/41		1/2	PZL P.24	Shared destroyed	I-16		Baevo	29 IAP
1	28/07/41		1	Bf 110	Destroyed	I-16		Zykaevo	29 IAP
2	30/07/41		1	Hs 123	Destroyed	I-16		Martisovo Station	29 IAP
3	04/08/41		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	I-16		Kanat	29 IAP
4	16/09/41		1	Hs 126	Destroyed	I-16		NW Lukyanovo	29 IAP
	19/09/41		1/3	Hs 126	Shared destroyed	I-16		S Vlasovka	29 IAP
5	30/09/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	I-16		Cape Maryin Nos	127 IAP

TOTAL: 5 and 2 shared destroyed.

Sources:
All aces of Stalin 1936-1953 – Mikhail Bykov, 2014
Soviet Aces 1936-1953
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov
Stalin's Falcons - Tomas Polak and Christhoper Shores, 1999 Grub Street, London, ISBN 1-902304-01-2
Additional information kindly provided by Ondrej Repka.