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Vesenev Mikhail Ivanovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Major military Branch: Soviet Navy and Naval forces border troops of the NKVD Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was born in 1919 in the village of Loknya, Mikhailovsky district. Here he went to school. In 1937, the best students from all over the Soviet Union who knew physics and mathematics very well were selected for naval aviation military schools. For excellent academic success, the leadership of the pedagogical school recommended Mikhail Vesenev for further training at the Yeisk military school of naval pilots. Mikhail Ivanovich, like other cadets, learned all the subtleties of flight skills directly at the controls of the aircraft. Mikhail Vesenev graduated from the school in 1938 and was immediately sent to train in the combat aviation units of the black sea fleet air force. Mikhail Ivanovich's battle path began on the Black sea. Together with his 119th squadron, Mikhail Ivanovich defended the bases and coast of the black sea fleet, protected his communications, and carried out airstrikes on the coastal objects of the Nazis. From the award documents, I learned that Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev participated in the defense of Odessa in 1941, Sevastopol (in 1941-1942), and smashed the enemy in other parts of the front. He was injured. Mikhail Ivanovich took part not only in combat, but also in rescue operations, searching the sea for wounded sailors from ships destroyed by the Nazis. Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was twice awarded the Order of the red banner and the medal for Bravery for his repeatedly shown courage. The fighting on the Black sea lasted until may 1944, and therefore the naval base of the black sea fleet was extremely necessary hydroaviation. And soon Mikhail Ivanovich received a task-to deliver seaplanes from America to the USSR! Mikhail Ivanovich Osenev made a heroic flight across the Arctic ocean, over and over again, repeating the route of the legendary pilot Valery Chkalov! Navigator Vesenev covered a distance of over a hundred miles and twice closed the ring around the globe! Mikhail Ivanovich Vesenev was awarded the order of the Patriotic war of the first Degree and the third order of the red banner for multiple operations to fly across the Arctic ocean and train novice navigators.The war ended. Mikhail Ivanovich continued to serve the Fatherland, teaching navigation to cadets of the naval aviation school.

Vtulochkin Leonid Konstantinovich

Alexey Timofeevich Voronin

Alexey Timofeevich Voronin_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Second Lieutenant. Branch of the armed forces: aviation Division: 271st night bomber aviation Stalingrad-Rechitsa division. My great-uncle Alexey Voronin fought in the great Patriotic war as part of 271 IAP / 64 GIAP. He was a fighter pilot. Rank-second Lieutenant. By August 1944, he had flown 85 sorties, 35 of them reconnaissance missions, conducted 30 air battles, and shot down 6 aircraft. He was awarded two military orders of the red Star (01.08.1943, Ave. No. 012/n 4 gIad) and the red banner (10.07.44, Ave. No. 029/n 1 VA) on August 21, 1944, while escorting Il-2 attack aircraft near Auce (Lithuania), was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery fire. Was seriously wounded (in the head, arm, leg, left side), losing consciousness used a parachute. Two days later, he regained consciousness in captivity.A few days later, after treatment in a hospital in Libava, he was sent to the rear. He escaped from the train, made his way to the East for almost a month, but was captured again. Interrogations in the prison of Lodz, then the camp near Koenigberg. Here I met pilots from my 4 gIad Pyotr Kolpikov, Nikolai Vorobyov, and pilots majors Talamanov, Kitaev, and Vandyshev. Then there was a camp near Berlin, another unsuccessful escape in March 1945. 22.04.1945 was liberated by red Army units.Passed checks in 32 ZSP in Alkino (Bashkiria) and sent to its 64 GIAP. In 1947, he was demobilized.Return home. He worked as an instructor pilot in the Saransk Aero club, as a school teacher. Last years lived in Ivanovo. He died on may 5, 1990.

Vetluzhskih Leonid Michailovich

Vetluzhskih Leonid Michailovich_x000D_ _x000D_ Rank: Lieutenant. Military branch: aviation. Many years have passed since the victory in the great Patriotic war, but the heroism and courage of the Russian people will always remain in our memory. My great-grandfather, Vetluzhskih Leonid, participated in the great Patriotic war. He was born on March 25, 1920 in the village of Pantyl, Belokholunitsky district in the family of a priest of the local Dmitrievsky Church. His early childhood years were spent here. In 1935, the Vetluzhsky family, which had five children, moved to the Klinki station (Sofrino village) near Moscow.In 1940, he entered the Kharkiv school of military pilots. At the end of it, second Lieutenant Vetluzhskikh is appointed Navigator of the 38th high-speed bomber aviation regiment. One of Leonid's sisters, Nina Mikhailovna Lambros, my great-grandmother, who worked at a shipyard in Volgograd, told me: "...I'm younger than Leonid and I don't remember his early school years very well. I only know that my mother said that for Lenya she never blushed anywhere. He grew up in a good way stubborn, what he wants - will do, will achieve. Since childhood, he loved airplanes and his dream was to become a pilot. I remember him sitting at his lessons or reading, and maybe a plane is flying - he drops everything and follows the flight... In 1936, he was accepted into the Komsomol. In 1937 or 1938 (I don't remember exactly), he got a job at one of the factories near Moscow. In 'thirty-nine, I went to the same place and always saw a picture of my brother Leonid on the Stakhanovites' Bulletin Board. Once he told me in confidence that he wanted to go to flight school... So he did: he wrote a request to send him to a flight school. The military Commissar knew him as an active Komsomol member, and in the first set of his brother was called to the military enlistment office. If you had seen him fly into the house, not enter, but fly in, beaming all rushed to my mother, hugged her and said: "I'm going to flight school! I'll be a pilot, mother, do you understand that?! So he became a cadet of the Kharkiv aviation military school. And in February of the forty-first, he and a friend went on a business trip and called home. When I saw them off, he stood on the running Board of the car and began to sing: "A comrade flies to a distant land..." This is how he remained in my memory. At the end of August, in the evening, the radio broadcast about their feat... I was shocked, but not surprised: this is how I knew Lenya, ready for a feat in the name of the Motherland." In the summer of 1941, units of the 2nd army of the Reserve front launched a counter-attack on the grouping of the 4th army of Hitler's Germany in the Yelnya region. At the same time, the troops of the Bryansk front went on the offensive. In these battles, the crew of the SB-38 high-speed bomber, whose commander was Communist Sergeant Nikolai Skovorodin, radio operator Sergeant Komsomolets Vasily Cherkashin and observer pilot Junior Lieutenant Komsomolets Leonid Vetluzhskikh, distinguished themselves. They flew out with a mission to bomb a large group of German infantry moving towards the river crossing. Attacked once, went to the second attack. And at this time, the Germans shot down the plane. Then the burning bomber swooped on the accumulation of enemy troops and equipment. The Gomel regional Museum of local lore contains yellowed pages of the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda for September 5, 1941. One of the notes in this issue tells about the feat of the bombers. The correspondent wrote: "In these tragic moments, they were inspired by the example of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the fearless captain Gastello. Brave Soviet patriots, proud falcons of the country, Communist Skovorodin, Komsomol members Vetluzhskikh and Cherkashin heroically died for their Homeland and caused great damage to the enemy by their death." The famous poet Mikhail Golodny's poem "Bogatyrs", published on September 6, 1941 in the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda", was dedicated to the heroism of the heroes: the Motherland Sends three bogatyrs to a new feat. Sergeant skovorodin And two of his friends. At point N and about — German troops. Order-law. Three falcons Soar into the clouds. Here they marked the goal, and the bombs are thrown high. Then they Start a fiery speech from top to bottom. From this speech of fire, the heroes Look, two Columns are dispersed And three fly up. The enemy dumbfounded Noticed the plane. In Vetluzhskih and Cherkashin his anti-aircraft gun hits. And suddenly the car is in flames, pulling the roll to the ground. But there are words on the banner: more Terrible than death-captivity! And, changing the course, the falcons Suddenly fly down like a stone. Neither side by side, nor near — on the heads of soldiers. Did you remember Gastello or did you make an Immortal feat by yourself, Like a song about wrestling? But the Motherland will not forget its heroes-Sergeant skovorodin And two of his friends! On September 12, the same newspaper published an article by the writer Alexey Tolstoy "Immortality", in which he, with his usual passion, told about the feat of the skovorodin crew. The article, in particular, said: "we will Remember with love and pride three hearts that stopped beating, three hearts that fervently gave themselves for the Motherland, three heroes-pilots: Nikolai skovorodin, Leonid Vetluzhsky and Vasily Cherkashin. Their feat was simple for a Soviet patriot, for a Russian pilot and impossible, incomprehensible and impossible for a man-beast, a fascist-German.... So Soviet pilots die, so the Bolsheviks die, so the Soviet people fight. The people are immortal and invincible!» Below Alexey Tolstoy's article was a letter from Leonid Vetluzhsky's parents, Mikhail Matveevich And Ksenia Semyonovna. Grieving over the death of their son, they gave instructions to the pilots of the 38th high-speed bomber regiment, where their son served, and called on Soviet soldiers to take revenge on the fascist robbers for the grief and suffering of our people. In the second issue of the magazine "Young Communist" in 1974, a list of pilots who repeated the feat of Gastello was published. It also contains a brief message about skovorodin's crew. The exact date is given: it happened on August 22, 1941 near the village of Chopovo in the Pochepsky district of the Bryansk region .The remains of the heroes are buried in a mass grave in the village of Chopovo. Fire pilots are remembered there. The grave is cared for by students of Chopovsky high school. Materials about the heroic crew are stored in the rural local history corner.

Verpatov Nikolay Sergeevich

Verpatov Nikolay Sergeevich_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ My grandfather was a Navigator in a reconnaissance aircraft. He graduated from the Melitopol military aviation school in May 1940. He met the war in the city of Kotovsk, Odessa region, in the 211 light bombardment regiment as a Flight Navigator. Military rank-Lieutenant. The day before, on Saturday, June 21, he went with his fiancee Klava to a dance, where everyone saw that on the other side of the Prut, "everything was grey from German helmets", but it did not occur to anyone that the bombing would begin at night. The Outpost was holding the Nazis for three days, and grandmother Klava with her sister Zina's family managed to catch the last train. Sergey, Zina's husband, ran home and ordered: “Hurry up to the station! We are leaving”. When one of the women wanted to take a sewing machine, Sergey said: "Don't take anything. Close the chickens in the barn, and we'll be back in three days." They returned only after the war... My grandfather flew combat missions from the first days of the war. In August 1941, he was transferred to the 315 reconnaissance regiment at the headquarters of the Western front. On September 27, 1941, he was shot down in an air battle, wounded, and captured near Poltava. According to the law of the time, he should have committed suicide, but did not. Until April 1945, he was in a concentration camp. From the meagre stories of my grandfather: three times death was inevitable, but passed by. There were 900 prisoners in the first camp. By spring, 300 were left, and the rest died of starvation and typhus. On the territory of the camp, there was no grass, and the prisoners ate all bark on the trees. My grandfather survived. In the spring of 1942, during sorting, they were called one by one, asked questions, and sent to the left (to the "rejected") or to the right (to those who were fit for work). Communists and Jews were shot immediately. My grandfather was a candidate member of the CPSU, all the documents were with him, he did not throw them away. When asked why he was going to join the party, he replied that he was brought up that way. The officer hesitated, then tried to send him to the left, then to the right, but then pushed the grandfather to the remaining ones who were not shot. So my grandfather survived again. In the last camp in Germany in 1945, prisoners loaded coal into Pullman cars. To the words of the guard "Rus, Rus – a good car", the grandfather replied: "It's good, it's good, and soon you will be taken to Siberia in this car." The guard must have understood something in Russian because he hit him on the head with the butt of his rifle. And grandfather survived again! In April 45, he and other prisoners escaped from the camp, got to the Americans, but returned to the Soviet Union. From June to December 1945, like all those who returned from captivity, he passed the "state check" in the 12th reserve rifle division at the station of Alkino in the Bashkir ASSR. In December 1945, he was transferred to the reserve. My grandfather didn't tell me anything about the war or the concentration camp. After the war, he experienced all the "charms" of a former prisoner of war. He worked, started a family, read all the books about the war, and he was very worried about the collapse of the Union. Almost every night in his sleep he screamed, he couldn't sleep on his back

Vasiliev Vasily Alekseevich

Vasiliev Vasily Alekseevich_x000D_ _x000D_ Tells the great-grandson, a student of class 5 B GBOU SOSH No. 191 St. Petersburg, Leonid Poblocki. Vasiliev Vasily Alekseevich was born in November 1920 in the suburbs of Leningrad, now it is already in the city. In the family, the little great-grandfather had two older sisters and an older brother. The family lived poorly and hard. During his school years, the grown-up Vasily went to study at the OSOAVIAKHIM flight club, because since childhood he was fond of airplanes and really wanted to fly in the sky like a bird. His desire, as it turned out, was not in vain, he studied very well and easily-he grasped everything "on the fly"! From the flying club, he was drafted into the army. There, having seen that he already has basic flight training skills and is suitable for flight service both in terms of parameters and health, he was enrolled in a flight school. After graduating from school, he was assigned to an aerial photography unit in the Baltic States, where he met the war. At the beginning of the war, when the Germans began to advance, their detachment was re-formed and great-grandfather was sent to the Leningrad front. He spent the entire war as a bomber. Among his friends were children of famous people at that time. Timur Frunze is the son of civil war commander Mikhail Frunze. My great-grandfather was a member of the family of Voroshilov, a Marshal and civil war hero. At school, he knew and spent time with Vasily Stalin, the son of the leader of our country - Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. In civilian life, he was offered to move to Moscow and work at the Likhachev factory. But he could not leave his family here, which at that time consisted of two sisters and a niece. His older brother went missing in the war. His mother died during the siege and was buried in a common grave at the Piskarevsky memorial cemetery. During the war, the sisters stayed in the besieged city and worked. The older sister, when the city was taken in the blockade, entered the militia-extinguished high-explosive bombs, was on duty on the roofs, caught spies. When the blockade was broken, she joined the women's sapper detachment-this detachment went ahead of the army and cleared the territory. She passed the entire war. She was wounded-a girl from their group exploded next to her on a mine and was hit by a shrapnel. After the war, on May 9, their group traditionally gathered. The middle sister was also first in the militia and learned to drive a car there. During the blockade, she drove lorries on the ice of Lake Ladoga. She said that according to the instructions, the door in the car when driving on the "Road of life" should be open so that you can jump out if a shell hits the car. She knew firsthand how cars went under the ice. The whole war went the same way. She was lucky and was never injured. Unfortunately, when I was born, my great-grandfather and his older sister were no longer alive! My middle sister died when I was a year and a half old. She got to see me, and I don't even remember her! But all the heroic stories of protecting our city are carefully preserved in our family and passed down through the generations! This is a part of my family's history that I remember and am proud of!

Voronov Konstantin Alekseevich

Voronov Konstantin Alekseevich_x000D_ _x000D_ In 1938, Konstantin Alekseevich graduated from the Tula Aero club and entered the school of pilots. He mastered flying a SB bomber. But in the first days of the war, there were not enough planes. In order not to part with aviation, Konstantin agreed to retrain as a radio operator. Served in 325 AP DD 54 AD DD. The crews of heavy bombers of his regiment carried out combat work to destroy the accumulation of enemy echelons, the destruction of railway tracks at the stations of Barvenkovo, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Orel, Karachev, Roslavl; they bombed Hitler's airfields in Karachev, Barvenkovo, Kramatorsk; they smashed enemy troops and equipment in Tomarovka, Pushkarny, Butovo, Bykovka, Pokrovka, Luchki, Karanovka, Prokhorovka, Izyum, Belgorod and other cities and localities. It is difficult to tell what hardships the wounded air gunner-radio operator experienced when he landed with a parachute from a downed plane on the night of August 8, 1943. It is important that neither disease, nor hunger, nor endless transfers from one camp to another in a distant foreign land did not break the spirit of the Soviet Aviator. On New Year's Eve, 1945, Konstantin Voronov, along with nine other patriots, managed to escape from the Litzmannstadt camp. For fifteen days the fugitives made their way to the front line. Voronov was again given the opportunity to fly. He was enlisted as an air gunner on the Il-2 plane, where the commander was the famous attack pilot twice Hero of the Soviet Union, captain Begeldinov. 25.04.1945-awarded the medal "for bravery". "For courage and bravery shown in 12 successfully completed combat missions, for perseverance and dedication in 6 conducted air battles with enemy fighters." Voronov flew 36 combat missions while serving in the 144th guards assault aviation regiment of the 2nd air army. He fought the Nazis to the victorious end of the war, smashing them in the battles for Berlin and Prague. The Motherland highly appreciated the bravery and courage of chief petty officer K. A. Voronov, awarding him four military awards. After the war, former radio operator Konstantin Voronov worked as a shift supervisor at the factory. Rest, oh, Lord, the soul of your departed servant, the warrior Konstantin.

Vnukov Pyotr Alekseevich

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!

Pokryshkin Aleksandr Ivanovich

Posashkov Trifon Ivanovich

DATE OF DEATH: 07.09.1988 HISTORY: Trifon Ivanovich posashkov, my great-grandfather, was born on February 14, 1916. He joined the Red Army on January 1, 1937. During the service, in may 1939, he participated in the battle of Japanese and Soviet troops on the Khalkhin-Gol river, then was sent to the Soviet-Finnish (winter) war of 1939-1940. And in 1941, the Great Patriotic war began. My grandfather fought in the 256th Fighter Aviation Kiev red banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. He oversaw the departure of the aircraft on combat missions. On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the SSR, Trifon Ivanovich posashkov, as a senior aviation mechanic, was awarded the medal "for military merit"in 1945. The order of the red Star and the medal "for the defense of Moscow" in 1944 for the fact that he was on the front of the Patriotic war from 29.06.1944 to its end made 115 different aircraft repairs and engine replacement on three of them. He has 160 flights on his account. The machines that my grandfather prepared for military operations never returned from a combat mission due to a malfunction. Behind the shoulders of my grandfather a large number of military operations: Kiev offensive and defensive operations, the defeat of the Germans in Western Ukraine and many others. In January-February 1945, he participated in the defeat of the Germans in Poland. And finally reached Berlin and was involved in the Berlin offensive operation from April 16 to may 8, 1945. But the war didn't end there for him. The Prague offensive was ahead. My great-grandfather spent 10 long years in The Soviet Army. He returned home only in 1946. How many different events he had experienced and experienced, how much grief and deprivation had fallen on his shoulders. It can't be described in a few words. I'm proud of my great-grandfather. I am amazed at the fortitude and endurance of all the people who were able to win this war. I remember the great Patriotic war, my family and friends remember it. And while it is in our memory, we hope that this will never happen again.

Pishikov Konstantin Ivanovich

Full name: Konstantin Ivanovich Pishchikov last NAME: Pishchikov FIRST name: Konstantin PATRONYMIC: Ivanovich CITY: Goncharnaya Sloboda, Sudzha, Kursk region DATE of BIRTH: 13.09.1906 DATE of DEATH: - HISTORY: Rank: Captain military Branch: aviation Division: 10th mixed aviation division Pishchikov Konstantin Ivanovich, born September 13 (August 31) 1906. in the village of Goncharovka, Sudzhansky district (uyezd) Kursk region (province). On 18 August 1941. the plane on which the Navigator-gunner was art. Lieutenant Pishchikov Konstantin Ivanovich did not return from another combat mission. This fact was notified in submission No. 00511 of 23.08.1941. with a List of personnel who died in the fight against German fascism for the period from 10.08.41 to 22.08.41, sent by the Deputy commander of the KBF air force, major General of aviation Rozhkov, to the Assistant Chief of the Navy air force for personnel, major General of aviation Tsirulev (16). But already on October 02, 1941. in the accompanying note No. 0547 to the List of personnel of the KBF air force units who died, did not return from combat missions, and were missing as of 02.10.1941. there is a record of changes to the previously submitted lists for pilots who returned to the unit, including Pishchikov K. I. Konstantin continued to participate in combat operations as a Navigator of the 73rd bomber regiment of the 10th mixed aviation brigade of the Baltic fleet air force.During the first 16 sorties, the crew of Konstantin Ivanovich sank a destroyer, damaged patrol ships (TFR) and gunboats (KL) of the enemy, for which, in 1942, K. I. Pishchikov was presented by the commander of the air group to be awarded the Order of the Red banner. The award order was signed by the commander of the KBF on 03.06.1943. Total for the period from June 1941 to January 1943. Konstantin Pischikov made 90 sorties, led his unit to bombard enemy ships and ports in the Gulf of Finland and lake Ladoga, causing significant damage to the enemy, and had several promotions from the commander of the KBF and the air force. K. I. Pishchikov, who in January 1943 took a direct part in coordinating the actions of the KBF air force units in the operation to break the siege of Leningrad. the air force command sent for service in the Operational Department of the air force headquarters of the KBF to the position of operational duty officer. While in this position, Konstantin Ivanovich actively helped The commander of the KBF air force in the combat management of air force units that were smashing the Nazi invaders. In the conditions of the blockade and artillery attacks on Leningrad, K. I. Pishchikov, keeping calm and self-control, clearly transmitted the combat orders of the air force commander. By linking the interaction of units in ongoing operations, he contributed to effective damage to the enemy on land and at sea. Operations duty officers working at a temporary management (SPM) air force commander during the capture of the Islands of the Vyborg archipelago, despite the artillery fire of the enemy, he was on KP, clearly conveying the orders of the commander of the air force and controlling their implementation, contributed to the successful execution of combat tasks of aviation and assault (11).In 1943. operational duty officer of the Operational Department of the air force headquarters KBF captain Konstantin Pishchikov was awarded the medal " for the defense of Leningrad "(7), and in 1944. - Order of the Patriotic war, 1st class (10). In 1944. for long-term and impeccable service for more than 16 years, Pishchikov K. I. was awarded the order of the Red star. Award list for Pishchikov K. I. Order of the Red banner. Act of awarding medals "for the defense of Leningrad" of the personnel of the operational Department of the air force headquarters of the KBF. Award list for Pishchikova K. I. order of the Patriotic war 1 art Award list for Pishchikov K. I. Order of the Red star.

German Ivanovich Puchkov

Full name: German Ivanovich Puchkov last NAME: Puchkov FIRST name: German PATRONYMIC: Ivanovich CITY: Slavyansk date of BIRTH: 25.10.1923 DATE of DEATH: 09.07.1981 HISTORY: Rank: Captain. Military branch: aviation. Division: 3rd guards assault aviation Valdai-Kovel red banner order of Suvorov division. My grandfather should have been born in a harsh time. Because he is a boundless hero, because he is the darling of fate, the lucky one, the ACC, the virtuoso of his work! He was like that in everything. Love - so love! To walk - so to walk! Fly-so fly! Shoot - so shoot! A very young cadet of the Voroshilovgrad flight school. Younger than his eldest great-grandson is now. The war hasn't started yet. 1945. Commander of the 70th guards assault aviation Belorussian red banner regiment (3rd guards assault aviation Valdai-Kovel red banner division, 9th assault aviation corps, 16th air army, 1st Belorussian front), guards senior Lieutenant. He was awarded the order of Lenin (15.05.1946), three orders of the red banner (9.08.1943; 21.09.1944; 6.02.1945), orders of the Patriotic war of the 1st degree (9.02.1944), the red Star, and medals.The war is over. On account of the young beautiful officer - stormtrooper 104 flights to bombard, attack and reconnaissance of troops, equipment and enemy defense. On the personal account of the guard of senior Lieutenant German Puchkov – 12 planes destroyed on the ground, 6 cars, 2 buses, 46 trucks, up to 20 wagons, 200 enemy soldiers and officers, 30 field and anti-aircraft artillery guns, 8 mortars, 8 tanks, 1 petrol tanker, up to 20 cars, 4 buildings destroyed, 18 fires caused, 4 explosions. Of the 102 sorties carried out, 25 sorties were accompanied by air battles, in which my grandfather personally shot down 3 enemy aircraft. Together with his comrades, he stood at the walls of the Reichstag. Together with the winning heroes, my grandfather was a participant in the Victory parade on red square on June 24, 1945. From the award list: Understanding the importance of the task, he took photos without any anti-aircraft maneuver, which ensured high quality shooting for the command to solve the operational and tactical task. Well-trained in piloting techniques, has a good Navigator training. Competently operates the material part of the aircraft and weapons. Tactically correctly solves the assigned combat tasks, while showing determination, coolness, courage and courage. Leading groups into battle, accurately finds the target and accurately hits it. During his command, the unit made 89 successful sorties without accidents or flight accidents. Discipline in the link is at a high level. He passes on his rich combat experience to young pilots. For exemplary performance of combat tasks of the command, courage, bravery and heroism shown in the battles with the German invaders, for active participation in the decisive battles to defeat Nazi Germany, he is worthy of being awarded the highest government award – the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. 22 years old...Lived through a terrible time. Lived beautifully, with dignity, fearlessly, competently, talented! During the entire military practice, not a single injury and not a single flight accident! A real attack - the professional, the virtuoso. 22 years old...Young, handsome, capable.He could do anything. I started taking pictures while I was still on a reconnaissance mission. Later, in peacetime, the house was full of photos, he developed them himself, printed them himself,and made his own small darkroom. He was an avid fisherman. Tinkering, drawing, even embroidery.Passionately fond of music. Remember the movie "only old men Go to battle"? ...Sometimes I think it's about him...Here he is, conducting a musical group. With your favorite instrument. He also knew how to play the violin and piano. Autodidact. And at the end of the war in the German town of Grossenhain, he was waiting for a meeting with love. My grandmother, Alexandra, was taken to Germany from Ukraine. And after the victory, when such lishentsev as she, returned, who as they could to their Homeland, she was lucky to get a job in the flight canteen as a waitress. My eldest daughter, my mother, was born there. And two more daughters later in Belarus. I remember my grandfather as such a handsome man. I remember how his grandmother was jealous of Sophia Loren, and their banter about it))). I remember how my grandfather prepared my sister and me for school, personally drawing recipes and math tasks in the form of exercises from figures for adding and subtracting. Of course, my grandfather was always "in demand" in the company of friends, in city events. Star! He left early, at 58, and was terribly ill for a long time and cruelly. It is not clear-for what? ... Although now it is even scary to think how cruelly painful everything that is happening in his Homeland in Ukrainian Slavyansk. These events would have killed him... And recently, he again walked around red square. Along with her granddaughter and great-grandson. In the immortal formation of the Immortal regiment. And I was so happy that people remember and honor their departed relatives who defended the world without fascism. It's the grandest parade I've ever seen in my entire life!!! Voluntary. Clean. No drunks. What can I say, none of them lit a cigarette while they were in the ranks. German Ivanovich Puchkov. From a working-class Ukrainian family. A beautiful man, beautifully defended his country from enemies. Hero Of The Soviet Union. Streets in Pinsk and Grodno are named after him. We remember, love, and are proud!

Petrov Alexey Nikolaevich

Full name: SURNAME: Petrov FIRST name: Alexey PATRONYMIC: Nikolaevich CITY: Kozelsk DATE of BIRTH: 16.03.1914 date of DEATH: 01.04.2009 HISTORY: Title: Lieutenant-colonel. Military branch: aviation. Unit: 218th night bomber aviation Yass red banner division. Born on March 16, 1914 in Kozelsk, Kaluga region. In 1933, he joined the Balashikha metal foundry. In the red army since 1935. In 1935, he entered the Irkutsk higher school of aircraft engineers, graduated with honors, and was awarded the rank of second Lieutenant. He took part in the events at lake Hasan. In 1942, A. Petrov, with the rank of senior technical Lieutenant, served in the 251st aviation regiment of heavy bomber aviation in the first squadron, commanded by captain Klimov. He gets into the crew of Lieutenant V. Ulyanov, Junior Lieutenant G. Bulatsky, Sergeant A. Basargin. The crew rushed to the front and submitted reports to their superiors, but the answers were not much different, they were reduced to the following: "Improve your combat skills, the time will come to take part in the battles." To implement their plans, the crew turned to the Supreme Commander, the report was concise: we want to buy a plane with our savings and use it to smash the German-fascist invaders. After some time, the crew was called to the division headquarters, where the division commander, Colonel Abramenko, read a telegram: "to Lieutenant Ulyanov, second Lieutenant Bulatsky, senior technician-Lieutenant Petrov, thank You for taking care of the red Army air forces, please Accept my greetings and gratitude to the red Army. Your wish will be fulfilled. I. Stalin". Soon the crew found out that they would receive their plane upon arrival at the place of new service. The crew arrives in Kirovobad, at 11 am, where the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Ivanov, hands over a certificate in front of the formation that says: "Issued to the crew consisting of commander Lieutenant Ulyanov, Navigator Junior Lieutenant Bulatsky, aircraft technician senior technician Lieutenant Petrov that they were awarded the Boston a-20 G aircraft for No. 321609, purchased at their own expense." In 1944, the crew arrived in 452 BAP (218 BA, 5 VA) in the third squadron, which was commanded by P. A. Zhalibo. The crew took part in the liberation of Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, and Czechoslovakia.Discharged for health reasons in 1957, major. He was awarded two orders of the red Star, the order of the Patriotic war, the Medal "for military merit" and other awards. In the post-war years, he began to study fine art in the Studio of G. N. Vasiliev and A.D. Potapov. In 1977, he graduated from the Correspondence national University of arts (ZNUI). He became one of the founders of the art gallery in Balashikha. Alexey Petrov is an honorary citizen of the city of Balashikha. In 2004, he donated his creative heritage to the city of Balashikha: more than a thousand paintings and an extensive archive.

Puchkov Ivan Fedorovich

Full name: Puchkov Ivan Fedorovich last NAME: Puchkov FIRST name: Ivan PATRONYMIC: Fedorovich CITY: - date of BIRTH: 01.01.1919 DATE of DEATH: - HISTORY: My great-grandfather Ivan Fyodorovich Puchkov was born in 1919 in Kh. Pavlovsk, Alekseyevsky district, graduated from the Pavlovsk school and entered the pedagogical school in Uryupinsk. After training, he returned to the Alekseevsky district, where he worked as a teacher in the Poklonovskaya school of the Alekseevsky district for 1 year. But I decided that I should devote myself to another business, and went to Serpukhov to enroll in a military pilot school. He graduated from the Serpukhov military pilot school, and in 1939 was drafted into the red army. My great-grandfather went through the war as an airplane technician. He trained crews for the front, participated in the preparation of materiel for combat missions in the war. During the war, he proved to be an excellent technician, for which he has awards. From the award list of Ivan Fedorovich: "I am devoted to the cause of the Lenin – Stalin party and the Socialist Motherland. Ideologically sustained. Morally stable. Enjoys a business reputation. During his time in the army, he proved to be an excellent aircraft technician, who can perfectly prepare the aircraft for flying day and night. His plane does not have any delays for flights, systematically exceeds the plan. On his plane, 10 crews were trained for the front. Without incident, his plane flew 472 hours, including 205 hours in 1943, saving 1500 kg of fuel and 500 kg of lubricants over the year, and trained his aircraft mechanic as an aircraft mechanic. It has three innovative proposals that speed up the preparation of the materiel for flights and extend the service life of individual units. Perfectly organizes work in the crew, which allows you to change engines in 20 hours. As an assistant instructor, he is a great help in teaching students how to use the matcha. Participated in the preparation of materiel for combat missions in the Patriotic war. Self-disciplined. Demanding of himself and his subordinates. He works hard enough on himself. The drill is good. Physically developed well."

Pindur Boris Iosifovich

Full name: Boris Iosifovich Pindur last NAME: Pindur FIRST name: Boris PATRONYMIC: Iosifovich CITY: Ostrov, Pskov region DATE of BIRTH: 17.07.1912 DATE of DEATH: 26.08.1944 HISTORY: Rank: major. Military branch: aviation. Boris Iosifovich, after the death of his wife and daughter, continued to keep in touch with my relatives, sending letters, photos, excerpts from Newspapers. We knew that he died in 1944, but for many years we searched in Moldova and could not find the place of his burial. 68 years later, I saw the correspondence of search engines in Ukraine and Moldova on the Internet, who were looking for the grave of pilot B. I. Pindyur. Thanks to Viktor Pozdnyakov, the commander of the search party "Nadezhda" from Borodino, Odessa region, I learned the place of death of Boris Iosifovich, the fate of his brothers. Boris Iosifovich pindyur since June, 1941-the Lieutenant on fronts of the great Patriotic war. Until October 1941, he served in the unidentified IAP of the Baltic OVO; from January to may 1942 - in the 744th IAP; to October 1942-in the 434th IAP; to June 1943 - in the 814th IAP; to September 1943 - in the 5th guards IAP; to 1944 - in the 3rd guards IAP; to may 1944-in the Management of the 295th IAD; to August 1944-in the 164th IAP. On August 26, 1944, guard major B. I. Pindyur was killed in a plane crash on 26.08.44. In total, he completed 333 successful sorties, shot down 10 enemy aircraft in air battles personally and 12 in a group with his comrades. Awarded the order of the red banner (three times), the Patriotic war of the 1st degree. His brothers: Nikolay Iosifovich Pindur, born in 1908, a native of Moscow. Ryazan, commander of the training link of the 3rd separate aviation communications division. Before the second world war, he was an instructor at the Kachin school. In April 1943, he was awarded the order of the red Star, for selfless devotion to the Motherland and the Bolshevik party, showing bravery, courage, and perseverance in performing combat tasks of the red Army command. He is a worthy representative of the Stalinist cadres - commanders of the red Army. That's what the award list says. He died in 1943. Vladimir Iosifovich pindyur born in 1910, member of the defense of Sevastopol, Navigator's instrument mechanic of the navigation Department of the go. Awarded the order of the second world war 2 degrees. After the end of the second world war, he lived and worked in Bakhchisarai. His son, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter now live there . Victor Pozdnyakov helped me to meet my son and granddaughter of Vladimir Pandura. Meet in absentia with the great-granddaughter of the older brother. This year, he found the burial place of his older brother according to documents. He found all of the award documents, the abandoned grave of B. I. Panduro. He helped organize the installation of the monument in 2012 in tarutinsky district of Odessa region. However, the district administration did not allow the grave to be moved. Today it's just a pile of rocks. During the Soviet era, there was a military airfield nearby and it was looked after by the military, schoolchildren came. We remember and are proud of our loved ones who gave their lives for our world and are grateful that there are people who help us believe that in 70 years we can find out their fate.