Vnukov Pyotr Alekseevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Since childhood, my father told me about his father, my grandfather, who heroically fought in the sky with the German invaders. His stories about his exploits, about that time of war, drew pictures of military battles in my imagination. And most of all, I was impressed by his stories about his grandfather, a pilot who, making a flight on a combat mission, never returned from it and was considered missing. He was born in 1920 in the city of Dzerzhinsk of the Stalin region in Ukraine. He grew up as an ordinary boy, interested in technology and exact Sciences. And he had a dream-to become an Aviator. He studied diligently and at the end of school entered the flight school. Then he was distributed to the city of Astrakhan. Where he met my grandmother Olga Sergeevna. The young family lived very amicably. A son, Vyacheslav, was born. But the war changed all plans. Grandfather goes to the front. Sent to the 123rd fighter aviation regiment 7 IAK air defense of Leningrad. At that time, this famous regiment covered objects on the Western shore of lake Ladoga and the Western section of the ice route "Road of Life" to Zelenets island. By order of the People's Commissar of defense of the USSR No. 374 of November 22, 1942, for the courage and heroism shown in the fight against the fascist invaders, the regiment was transformed into the 27th guard’s fighter aviation regiment. He is a pilot of the 7th fighter aviation corps of the 27th guard’s fighter regiment. February 14, 1943, my grandfather did not return from a combat mission, it was his last flight. Missing in action… Didn't return from a combat mission… But I always believed that I would find his grave, I would find my grandfather, and from childhood this feeling, this sense of duty, was very important to me. Time has passed, and in this age of digital technology, there are opportunities that help us achieve our goals. And I started searching in 2014. I started with sites, groups, entered his last name in the search bar and searched, searched. I didn't know where to start. And then one day I found his name in an article by I. G. Prokofiev "Krasnoborskaya operation". http://www.airforce.ru/history/ww2/prokofjev/page_02.htm. This is where I found out the day my grandfather died and the supposed location of the plane crash. So, I started writing to search groups that work in these areas. It was 4 years of search work, until in the next letter I was not written the address of Ilya Gennadyevich, who was the author of the "Krasnoborsk operation". "Hello Ilya Gennadievich! I don't know if I went to the address, but the fact is that I'm looking for a possible burial place of my grandfather, a pilot of the 27th guard’s fighter aviation regiment, guard Junior Lieutenant Vnukov Pyotr Alekseevich. According to the information I have, all the facts point to the place of his death (missing) in the Kolpino area. The source of information is Your "Krasnoborskaya operation". If you have the opportunity, then tell me who I can contact, which organizations that conducted or are conducting search work. Maybe our family, thanks to joint efforts, will find the burial place of our grandfather, who heroically fought for our Country, and lay flowers at his grave.".. This is how our correspondence with Ilya Gennadievich began. In one of the messages he wrote to me: "Unfortunately, his plane shot down in February 1943 has not yet been found... the air battle was in the Kolpino area, that is, it could have fallen in the Kolpino area (this is now the city line of St. Petersburg) and in the Krasniy Bor area (Tosnensky district of the Leningrad region). Search teams are constantly working in these places, but unfortunately, the crash site has not been found yet... there is one Yak-7b plane found in this area, with the remains of the pilot, namely from the 27th. IAP, but unfortunately, I can't say exactly who died on this plane, because there are not enough archival documents... The crash site of the Yak-7b (1 km South-East of Popovka station). He died in 1943. In 1988, the search party "victory" (Leningrad, head of A. S. Reuvimov) found the remains of the pilot-unknown. Buried on July 22, 1989 in the village of Agalatovo, Vsevolozhsky district" Now I knew, I felt that it was him. My grandfather is buried in the village of Agalatovo, as an unnamed pilot. I contacted the village of Agalatovo. A nice girl Oksana worked with me for about a year, who told me where to write, who to contact. And here is the long-awaited letter from Ilya Gennadievich. "Marina! Good afternoon! I'm in TSAMO right now! I found it! I found out which plane your grandfather died on, and it matched the number we found in 1990! Yes, this is really him-my grandfather, Grandsons Pyotr Alekseevich guard Junior Lieutenant, whose remains were solemnly buried on July 22, 1989 at the military burial ground of pilots in the village of Agalatovo, Vsevolozhsky district of the Leningrad region. Today, thanks to our joint efforts of search teams and people, (http://отечестворт.рф/news/2020/010_tsamo.html) who are not indifferent to the fate of those who gave their lives for our Country, the name of my grandfather is immortalized. His data is included In the book of Memory of the village of Agalatovo. On May 9, I had to fly to see my grandfather's burial place. The place that my father, who loved it all his life, dreamed of visiting. And I am proud that despite many years, the name of my ancestor, who selflessly fought for his Homeland, for my life, for the lives of my children, is immortalized. I love you grandpa!