Brance of service: technical troops (chemical troops, railway troops, avia troops, radio-radar troops, road troops, topographic). Bondarev Vasily Fedotovich was born on the 25th of July, 1922, in the city of Yenakiyevo, Donetsk region, in a family of workers. He finished school. After school he used to work in a mine, extracting coal. On the 20th of August, 1941, he was called up into the Soviet Army. He was sent to the city of Sevastopol to complete the course of basic military training. Before serving in the army he completed courses for tractor drivers and the army organized courses for drivers. Vasily Fedotovich was sent to the courses and he successfully completed them. He took the military oath on the 7th of November, 1941, at the naval half-crew of the Black Sea fleet in the city of Sevastopol. In Sevastopol he was injured after which he was taken to Novorossiysk where he remained on therapy in the hospital. After that he was sent to the city of Sukhumi where he graduated from aviation courses and was assigned to the 707th air base in the 30th reconnaissance aviation regiment as a car mechanic. Later the regiment was renamed the Red Banner Sevastopol reconnaissance regiment. In 1942 he took part in the defense of the Caucasus and was awarded the order "For the defense of the Caucasus". After that his regiment was sent via Novorossiysk to Malaya Zemlya where at that time intelligence operations were being conducted in the Crimea. When the liberation of the Crimea began the regiment was sent with all the equipment and technical devices to the Crimea. Vasily Fedotovich drove the field repair shop car from Malaya Zemlya to Yevpatoria. They arrived in Yevpatoria on the 1st of May, 1944. From Yevpatoria the reconnaissance regiment conducted intelligence-gathering operations to Sevastopol, Romania and Turkey. When the meeting of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill took place in Livadia, he was sent there to repair equipment and as an observer. They stayed there for one month but the representatives of England and America all arrived with their mechanics. Therefore, our technicians were used only as observers of the airfield. He served in the reconnaissance aviation regiment until 1947 and then moved to serve in the aviation squadron. In 1952 he completed his military service in the rank of a sergeant. Called up into the army on the 20th of August, 1941, he graduated on the 22nd of December, 1952, on the basis of the order of the commander of the military unit no. 316 date the 22nd of December, 1952, at the end of the extended service period. Vasily Fedotovich passed active military service: 1. Naval half of the crew of the Black Sea fleet – a drill - August – November 1941; 2. The transportation division of the Black Sea fleet – a driver – November 1941 – February 1942; 3. The 38th workshop of the air forces of the Black Sea fleet – a mechanic – February 1942 – May 1943; 4. The 20th air force base of the air forces of the Black Sea fleet – a mechanic – May 1943 – April 1944; 5. The 707th separate mechanical-transport battalion of the Taurian military district (SMTB of TMD) – a foreman - April 1944 – October 1945; 6. The 707th separate mechanical-transport battalion (SMTB of TMD) – a coppersmith – October 1945 – September 1946; 7. The 707th separate mechanical-transport battalion (SMTB of TMD) – a tinsmith – September 1946 – October 1947; 8. military unit no. 62206 – an electrical equipment mechanic – October 1947 – December 1952.