Heroes of the Soviet Union

Original image: Hero of the Soviet Union Junior Lieutenant S. Papulov

Image: Hero of the Soviet Union Junior Lieutenant S. Papulov

Original image: Hero of the Soviet Union F. Semiglazov

Image: Hero of the Soviet Union F. Semiglazov

Original image: Hero of the Soviet Union I. Lyashenko

Image: Hero of the Soviet Union I. Lyashenko

Hero of the Soviet Union, navigator of long-range aviation M.T. Ryabov, and pilot Captain Rubtsov near a plane

Pilots, Heroes of the Soviet Union from the light bomber aviation regiment Natalia Meklin, Nadezhda Popova and Evdokia Nikulina. The Belarusian front. 1945 Natalia Meklin in the uniform of a lieutenant with insignia: Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Badge "Guard", Gold Star medal, Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945". Nadezhda Popova in the uniform of a captain with insignia: two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, the Gold Star Medal, the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, and the Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus. Evdokia Nikulina in the uniform of a major with insignia: the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Guard Badge, the Gold Star Medal, the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, and the Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus.

Pilot Boris Safonov, twice awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union. Murmansk, 1941.

Hero of the Soviet Union air navigator Sergey Dupliy

Lieutenant Vasily Kislyakov, hero of Soviet Union

French pilots, Hero of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant Roland de la Poype (on theleft) and Lieutenant Rober Marky

Hero of the Soviet Union, commander of the regiment Safonov B.F. (far right) with the English pilots (left to right) Charleston Howe and Kenes Ward (at the airport, after they were awarded the Orders of Lenin). Northern Fleet

Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General V.D. Tsvetaev (in the 1st row, 2nd from the right) with the Soviet and American soldiers at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Pilot of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union Pierre Pouyade with the Order of the Red Banner