Oleksandr Ivchenko

Oleksandr Georgiyowych Ivchenko (, , ; born in Tokmak; died 30 June 1968 in Zaporizhzhia) was a Soviet Ukrainian aircraft engine design engineer.

Life In 1920 Ivchenko began an apprenticeship in a metal foundry. He later completed his studies at the Institute for Mechanical Engineering in Kharkiv, which he left in 1935 as a designer for internal combustion engines. He became a test bench engineer for aircraft engines at Plant No. 29 in Zaporizhzhia. Shortly thereafter he was transferred to the development department for piston engines, where he soon became chief designer.

In 1939, the development of the engine type M-89 was agreed, which was to deliver 1500 hp, however Plant No. 29 was transferred to Siberia. Ivchenko concentrated on the preparations for the series production of the ASh-82FN engine type, which was also intended for the Lavochkin La-5.

Ivchenko was a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR and received numerous orders and awards, such as the USSR State Prize in 1948, the Lenin Prize in 1960 and the title of Hero of Socialist Labour in 1963.