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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Sergey Morgunov
| native_name   = Сергей Николаевич Моргунов
| image         = Sergey Nikolaevich Morgunov.jpg
| birth_date    = 30 November 1918
| death_date    = 19 July 1946
| birth_place   = Chernyatinskie Vyselki village, [[Moscow Governorate]], [[RSFSR]]
| death_place   = [[Kashira]], [[Moscow oblast]], USSR
| allegiance    = {{USSR}}
| branch        = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg}} [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet Air Force]]
| serviceyears  = 1937–1946
| rank          = Captain
| battles       = [[World War II]]
| awards        = [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
}}

'''Sergey Nikolaevich Morgunov''' ({{langx|ru|Сергей Николаевич Моргунов}}; 30 November 1918 — 19 July 1946) was one of the top Soviet fighter pilots in World War II, having a tally of 41 solo shootdowns for which he eventually received the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] in 1946. He was killed in a plane crash shortly afterward.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bykov|first=Mikhail|title=Все асы Сталина. 1936–1953|publisher=Yauza|year=2014|isbn=978-5-9955-0712-3|location=Moscow|pages=|trans-title=Aces of Stalin. 1936–1953|oclc=879321002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Моргунов Сергей Николаевич|url=http://soviet-aces-1936-53.ru/abc/m/morgunov_sn.htm|access-date=2021-10-29|website=soviet-aces-1936-53.ru}}</ref>

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[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner]]
[[Category:Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents]]

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[[Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1946]]
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[[Category:Kacha Military Aviation School alumni]]