Mikhail Yurkin was born in 1919.

In February 1942, Leitenant Yurkin served in 133 IAP, flying Polikarpov I-153s with this unit. This unit operated on the Crimean Front.

In June 1942, he was posted away from 133 IAP.

On 3 November 1942, he was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner.

He was posted to 1 GIAP in April 1943. With this unit he flew first Yak-7s and later Yak-1s.

On 8 August 1943, he was decorated with a second Order of the Red Banner.

Kapitan Yurkin did not return from a combat mission on 6 November 1943.

At the time of his death, Yurkin was credited with 4 shared biplane victories and a total of 2.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Time	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1942
	02/03/42		1/?	Ju 88	Shared destroyed	I-153			133 IAP
	26/03/42		1/?	Ju 87	Shared destroyed	I-153			133 IAP
	??/??/42		1/?	Bf 109 (a)	Shared destroyed	I-153			133 IAP
	??/??/42		1/?	Bf 109 (a)	Shared destroyed	I-153			133 IAP
	1943
1	14/07/43		1	FW 190	Destroyed	Yak			1 GIAP
2	18/07/43		1	Ju 88	Destroyed	Yak			1 GIAP
	22/07/43		1/2	FW 189	Shared destroyed	Yak			1 GIAP
	17/10/43		1/2	FW 190	Shared destroyed	Yak-1			1 GIAP

Biplane victories: 4 shared destroyed.
TOTAL: 2 and 6 shared destroyed.
(a) Claimed between March and June 1942.

Sources:
Soviet Fighter Pilots 1936-1953 - Mikhail Bykov