Vladimir Myasishchev

Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev was a Soviet aircraft designer, major general of Engineering, Hero of Socialist Labour, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR.

After his graduation from Moscow State Technical University in 1926, Myasishchev worked at the Tupolev Design Bureau and took part in constructing airplanes, such as Tupolev TB-1, Tupolev TB-3, and Tupolev ANT-20. As an assistant to Boris Lisunov, he traveled to the United States in 1937 to help translate the Douglas DC-3 drawings in preparation for the production of the Lisunov Li-2.

In 1938, Myasishchev became a victim of a repression campaign. While in confinement, he worked at NKVD's Central Design Bureau No. 29 in Moscow under the guidance of Vladimir Petlyakov, designing the Pe-2 bomber.