In 1942 he was drafted into the army and sent to study at the Ural school of air gunners-radio operators (Uralsk). On January 1, 1943 he was drafted to the front. He fought on the Kalinin and Baltic fronts, took part in the battle of Rzhev. Since the beginning of 1944, he fought in the 126th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment as an air gunner-radio operator. From the order on awarding Mikhail Ivanovich Perevalov - "He made 10 successful combat missions to destroy enemy manpower and equipment, participated in two air battles and did not allow his plane to be shot down." Awarded with medals "For the capture of Koenigsberg", "For courage" and other awards