Nikolay Yeroshin was born in Reshatikha in 1913.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, leitenant Yeroshin served as zveno CO in 127 IAP. This unit was at the time equipped with Polikarpov I-153s and based at Lesishche airfield outside Grodno.

In the morning of 22 June, he was killed while performing a frontal ”taran” ramming attack on a Bf 109.

At the time of his death, Yeroshin was credited with 1 biplane victory.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1941
1	22/06/41	morning	1	Bf 109 (a)	Destroyed	I-153		Grodno area	127 IAP

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

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