Leon Sarkisian was born in 1915.

From July 1942, Leitenant Sarkisian served in 483 IAP, flying Polikarpov I-153s.

He left 483 IAP in May 1943 and in August the same year, he was posted to 484 IAP. With this unit he flew Yak-1s and Yak-9Ds.

He took part in the war against Japan in the autumn of 1945 when he flew 14 sorties with Yak-9s in 356 IAP.

Sarkisian ended the war with 2 biplane victories and a total of 12.
These had been claimed during 189 combat missions and 47 air combats.
During his career he had been decorated with the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Aleksandr Nevskii, Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class and the Order of the Red Star..

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1942
1	22/07/42		1	Bf 110	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		NW Salsk	483 IAP
2	28/07/42		1	Bf 109	Destroyed	Polikarpov I-153		Kamarovskaya	483 IAP
	1943
3	08/08/43		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Yak-1		Elnya area	484 IAP
4	13/08/43		1	Bf 110	Destroyed	Yak-1		Elnya area	484 IAP
5	21/08/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		Elnya area	484 IAP
6	31/08/43		1	He 111	Destroyed	Yak-1		Elnya area	484 IAP
7	04/09/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		Smolensk area	484 IAP
8	17/09/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		Smolensk area	484 IAP
9	18/09/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		Smolensk area	484 IAP
	1943
10	11/07/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-1		Rudiyans	484 IAP
11	13/08/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-9D		Likk	484 IAP
12	13/08/44		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak-9D		Borki	484 IAP

Biplane victories: 2 destroyed.
TOTAL: 12 destroyed.

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