Rakitin Yakov Grigoryevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Major_x000D_ Branch of troops: Aviation _x000D_ Division: 307th assault aviation Lidskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov division Born 06 November 1914 Voronezh region, village. Davidovka. Russian. After graduating from school, in September 1932, he was accepted as a student of the Oryol construction technical school and completed a 4-year course of study in July 1936 as a construction technician. He worked on the construction of residential buildings in Kursk and Orel. On the call " Youth! On planes!” On October 31, 1937 Rakitin I., has arrived to study in the 3rd Military school of Pilots and Pilot-Observers to them. K. E.Voroshilov, Orenburg. 1938-service in the V / h 8891 Kursk. From October 1939 to 05.091940 participation in the war with Finland as part of the 80th air regiment. 1942 graduated from the school of observer pilots. Olsufievo. In the second world war, he participated in the 307th Assault Aviation Red banner Lidskaya order of Suvorov division (Kozhemyakin A.V.), the 3rd Assault aviation Minsk order of Kutuzov corps (Gorlachenko M. Y.) reserve of the main command as part of the 15th VA (General Shumeyko N. F.). he Participated in the battle of the Kursk bulge, the Bryansk operation (before reaching the Sozh river), the breakthrough of enemy defenses North of Nevel, support for the offensive in the Vitebsk direction, Orshansko - Vitebsk operation, destruction of the group South-West of Vitebsk, operation Bagration, liberation of Belarus, elimination of the encircled enemy group South-East of Minsk, Lvov-Sandomiertskaya Wisla - Oder, Berlin and Prague operations. Since 1943, he held the following positions: Head of the aerial photography service and in 1944, senior assistant to the chief of operations. Department of the division. To ensure communication and interaction with other branches of the armed forces, as well as to conduct reconnaissance, it was necessary to fly on PO-2 and UTI-2 aircraft, which was a feature of aerial reconnaissance. Has injuries. In a combat situation, he improved technical means for conducting reconnaissance and photo control. So, in 1944, captain Rakitin invented equipment to improve the control of the aiming point and bombing. "Captain Rakitin's photo installation" was created and tested in a short time. All parts of the hull were equipped with it. All previously existing photo installations in parts of the hull were removed from service. (Help from the Department. Inventions and order 3 of the Assault air corps is available).Awarded in wartime: 2 orders of the Red Star, the order of the Great Patriotic war, 2nd class, the medal “For Military Merit”, “for the capture of Berlin”, “For the Liberation of Prague”, “For the Victory over Germany”. (Photocopies of award certificates are available). Post-war period: medal “20 years of impeccable service in the armed forces” (1st class) and 11 jubilee and labor medals. In peacetime, he continued to serve in the air force in Klin (Moscow region) and in Moscow. In 1952, he graduated from the air force Academy in Monino and was sent to serve in the air division of air transport aviation in Krivoy Rog. He held the position of Deputy head and the chief of the division's operational intelligence Department. In 1953, the composition of the family: wife-Zinaida Rakitina Vasilyevna (born in 1918), daughter Lyudmila (born in 1941), son Igor (born in 1953). Son Leonid died in the evacuation in Slavgorod (Kazakhstan) in 1942 at the age of 2 years.In 1961, he was discharged from the Armed forces with the rank of Colonel. In 1963. in the direction Of the city Committee of the Krivoy Rizh party, he led the work on the creation of the city's local history Museum. In 1965, the Museum started its work. Working as the Director of the historical Museum, he did a lot of research work. They discovered the date of Foundation of the city of Krivoy Rog. Developed themes: "The liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders”," the Beginning of the development of iron ores in Krivbass” and others. According to his project, a diorama “Battle for Krivoy Rog”was created. His articles were published in Newspapers. The book “200 years of Krivoy Rog”was published. All this contributed to the creation and development of the Museum. The Museum with the richest expositions occupied an area of about 750 square meters.metres'.In 1979 Rakitin Y. he began the work on creation of the Museum complex on the territory of Kryvyi Rih College of Civil aviation. The Museum complex, consisting of an open-air exhibition of military and civil aircraft of different years and the Museum "History of the Civil Air Fleet" in the building of the Aviation school was created in 1984. The Museum was opened diorama “the battle for the Ingulets” designed by J. G. Rakitina.For the fruitful work she was awarded with the medal “In honor of 100 anniversary of V. I. Lenin”, “Honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR”, “diploma of the Ministry of culture of the USSR”, “Honorary diploma of the Minister of Civil aviation of the USSR”, etc. Ya. g. Rakitin finished his career in November 1990. On the house Where ya. g. Rakitin lived, a memorial plaque was installed by the decision of the city Council.He had been in battle all his life!Made up the autobiography of J. G. Rakitina his son I. ya. Rakitin on the basis of documents stored in the family archive.February 17, 2005