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

Aircrew of military pilots

Shapkin Nikolay Vasilievich

Khalzov Victor Stepanovich

Chekalin Valentin Seliverstovich with comrades (first from the right)

Women of Moldavian ASSR, that built the fighter aircraft named after Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova on their personal savings

Soldiers carry wounded patient aboard to aircraft starting out for a base hospital

Ekaterina Krasnikova, Atmospheric sounder aerologist of Tbilisi airport by machines after high-altitude flight

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

Aircrew of military pilots

Shapkin Nikolay Vasilievich

Khalzov Victor Stepanovich

Chekalin Valentin Seliverstovich with comrades (first from the right)

Women of Moldavian ASSR, that built the fighter aircraft named after Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova on their personal savings

Soldiers carry wounded patient aboard to aircraft starting out for a base hospital

Ekaterina Krasnikova, Atmospheric sounder aerologist of Tbilisi airport by machines after high-altitude flight

Shapkin Nikolay Vasilievich

Shapkin Nikolay Vasilievich

Shapkin Nikolai Vasilievich (1923-1945), a native of the village of Krasnaya Pustyn, Sergach district. Guard senior lieutenant, pilot. Hero of the Soviet Union, the best air reconnaissance in the Baltic. He died on March 5, 1945 near the Polish city of Gdynia. Buried in Poland.

1941-1945

Shapkin Nikolay Vasilievich

Shapkin Nikolai Vasilievich (1923-1945), a native of the village of Krasnaya Pustyn, Sergach district. Guard senior lieutenant, pilot. Hero of the Soviet Union, the best air reconnaissance in the Baltic. He died on March 5, 1945 near the Polish city of Gdynia. Buried in Poland.

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