Commander of a squadron of Red Army 154th fighter aviation regiment senior lieutenant Petr Pokryishev
Crew of a bomber aircraft before taking off to combat mission  Crew members of a bomber get ready to a combat flight, April 1945. Photo by Boris Myasnikov/TASS
Grigory Semenovich Tsygankov (right)
V. Khitrin (2nd from the right) with his comrades in arms
Nikolay Tsatsyn
Alexander Alexeyevich Shapovalov
Nikolay Vasilyevich Shibanov
Kolkhozniks of agricultural cartel “Kzil Bayrak” in Dubyazskiy region, Tatar Soviet Republic, handover airplane to Red Army. 1941-1945. Tatar Soviet Republic
First independent flight by student of skydiving and gliding club of the Society for the Assistance of Defense, Aircraft and Chemical Construction (abbreviated as OSOAVIAKHIM). Tatar Soviet Republic
Anatoly Khalizev
The squadron in which Vladimir Yakovlevich Prokofiev served
Alexander Alexeyevich Shapovalov
1943

Alexander Alexeyevich Shapovalov

Shapovalov Alexander Alexeevich (18.03.1913-03.05.1986). From 1941 to 1945 he was a bomber pilot. Major, commander of a bomber squadron. Participated in the defeat of German troops near Moscow, fought on the Karelian front, in the Far East against Japanese militarists. For services to his homeland in the Great Patriotic War he was awarded orders and medals: the Order of the Red Banner of War, the Order of the Great Patriotic War II degree, the Order of the Red Star, the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War", the Medal "For Military Merit", the Medal "For the Victory over Japan", "For Bravery", etc.

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Bogucharsky District Museum of Regional History and Local Lore

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