Aleksandr Yelkhov was born in 1917.

Mladshiy leitenant Yelkhov took part in the Finnish-Soviet Winter War.
Between December 1939 and March 1940, he served in 38 IAP flying Polikarpov I-153s. Yelkhov didn’t make any claims during the Winter War.

On 22 February 1941, he was decorated ”for courage”.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, leitenant Yelkhov still served in 38 IAP, flying I-153s on the North-Western Front.

On 13 August, the I-153s from38 IAP fought with Ju 88s over Bol’shaya Gorushka and leitenant Ivan Balyuk and Lazar Chapchakhov claimed one each. Chapchakhov also claimed a Bf 110 over the same place. It’s possible that Yelkhov also took part in this combat since it’s known that he claimed a Ju 88 together with another pilot during the day.

Leitenant Ivan Balyuk claimed a shared Ju 88 over Kobylkino on 15 August. This claim was made together with two more pilots and it’s possible that these were Yelkhov and leitenant Ivan Konovchenko.
Leitenant Konovchenko also claimed one additional Ju 88.

On 19 August, four I-153s from 38 IAP claimed one Bf 109 over Suslovo and one over Utochkino. One of the claiming pilots was Mikhail Gorbanev. It’s possible that one of the other claiming pilots was Yelkhov since it’s known that he claimed two shared Bf 109s during the day.

On 27 November 1941, he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner.

In 1942, he left 38 IAP and was posted to 652 IAP the same year. He was to remain at this unit until the end of the war in Europe.

Yelkhov ended the war with 2 biplane victories.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	27/07/41		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	I-153		North-Western Front	38 IAP
2	27/07/41		1	PZL	Destroyed	I-153		North-Western Front	38 IAP
	13/08/41		1/2	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	I-153		Bol'shaya Gorushka	38 IAP
	15/08/41		1/3	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	I-153		Kobylkino	38 IAP
	19/08/41		1/4	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Suslovo	38 IAP
	19/08/41		1/4	Bf 109	Shared destroyed	I-153		Utochkino	38 IAP

Biplane victories: 2 and 4 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 2 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