Georgios Pleionis

Georgios Pleionis (, 17 March 1920 – 19 April 2021) was a Hellenic Air Force officer who fought in World War II, the Greek Civil War and the Korean War.

Life Georgios Pleionis was born in Kymi on the island of Euboea in 1920. He entered the Hellenic Air Force Academy in 1939,

Upon the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War the school was moved from Tatoi to Argos, where Pleionis and other officer cadets completed their basic flight training. During various other missions his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire (in the Dalmatian coast and in Milos) but managed to return to base.

Pleionis then flew missions during the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949 against the Communist "Democratic Army of Greece",

During his career, Pleionis flew in total 383 combat missions, and received numerous Greek and foreign decorations, including the Cross of Valour. On October 23, 2017, he was honoured by the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Hellenic Republic and on November 7, 2019 by the Minister of Defence together with the few remaining WWII air-force veterans

He died on 19 April 2021 at the age of 101, as the last World War II-era pilot of 335 Squadron.