\<COLOUR 1> NAME: \<COLOUR 0> Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov
\<COLOUR 1> DATE OF BIRTH: \<COLOUR 0> March 16, 1927
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR
\<COLOUR 1> FIRST FLIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> October 12, 1964; in Voshkod 1
\<COLOUR 1> ACHIEVEMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Komarov was pilot of the Soyuz spacecraft on its maiden flight (Soyuz 1) on April 23, 1967; but he was killed the next day when spacecraft systems and landing parachute failed during re-entry and landing operations; he became the first known in-flight casualty of the Space Age.