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Alexey Maresyev was a Soviet fighter ace during World War II.

He was badly wounded  but managed to return to Soviet-controlled territory on his own.

Both of his legs were amputated below the knee but he wanted to return to his fighter pilot career.

 He exercised hard to walk on prosthetic legs and was able to return to combat in June 1943.

In total, he completed 86 combat flights and shot down 11 German warplanes.

He always said that he was a man, not a hero.

 He was a very modest man.