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!