Lepeshkin Vasily Ivanovich
CITY: Kusa, Chelyabinsk Region DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1917 DATE OF DEATH: 04/22/1945 HISTORY: Title: Captain Type of troops: Aviation Lepyoshkin Vasily Ivanovich Born in 1917. Place of birth - Kusinsky plant of the Chelyabinsk region. In 1939 he was drafted into the active army. Participant of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. He served as the commander of the 1st aviation squadron of the 58th bomber aviation regiment of the 13th air army of the Leningrad Front. The title is captain. He took part in hostilities since September 14, 1943. Before arriving in the regiment, he worked in the 3rd anti-aircraft artillery regiment (ZAP) as a flight commander, where he retrained 49 single crews from SB to PE-2 without breakdowns and accidents. The squadron took over on June 6, 1944. 3 days before the start of the fighting, he commissioned 5 crews who had just arrived from schools, which took part in the combat work of the regiment on 02/26/1944, and bombarded the Tartu airfield with the group leader. 13 aircraft were destroyed and 12 damaged. - carried out photographic reconnaissance of the region of the Narva River defensive zone with a single crew. The target was photographed, they were attacked by two ME-109s, the attacks were repulsed. 07.03.1944. - bombed the Tartu airfield, destroyed 24 aircraft, 20 buildings and one anti-aircraft battery. 09.06.1944 - twice bombarded the fortified strongholds of Beloostrov and Kollomyaki, noted direct hits on pillboxes, trenches and the fire system. - bombarded the fortified area, trench and fire systems west of Staro-Beloostrov, as well as the fortified area of Kollelovo, direct hits on trenches, firing points and communication routes were noted. Died 04/22/1945 With the crew fell into the sea. Buried - Neu-Heuser, 1 km. Southeast. Awarded: - 2 Orders of the Red Banner, - Medal "For Military Merit", - Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (posthumously), - Order of Alexander Nevsky. Participation in the fronts: 08.1943 - 07.01.1944 - North-Western Front, 07.01.1944 - 15.10.1944 - Leningrad Front, 10/15/1944 - 3rd Belorussian Front
Lepeshkin Vasily Ivanovich
CITY: Kusa, Chelyabinsk Region DATE OF BIRTH: 01/01/1917 DATE OF DEATH: 04/22/1945 HISTORY: Title: Captain Type of troops: Aviation Lepyoshkin Vasily Ivanovich Born in 1917. Place of birth - Kusinsky plant of the Chelyabinsk region. In 1939 he was drafted into the active army. Participant of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. He served as the commander of the 1st aviation squadron of the 58th bomber aviation regiment of the 13th air army of the Leningrad Front. The title is captain. He took part in hostilities since September 14, 1943. Before arriving in the regiment, he worked in the 3rd anti-aircraft artillery regiment (ZAP) as a flight commander, where he retrained 49 single crews from SB to PE-2 without breakdowns and accidents. The squadron took over on June 6, 1944. 3 days before the start of the fighting, he commissioned 5 crews who had just arrived from schools, which took part in the combat work of the regiment on 02/26/1944, and bombarded the Tartu airfield with the group leader. 13 aircraft were destroyed and 12 damaged. - carried out photographic reconnaissance of the region of the Narva River defensive zone with a single crew. The target was photographed, they were attacked by two ME-109s, the attacks were repulsed. 07.03.1944. - bombed the Tartu airfield, destroyed 24 aircraft, 20 buildings and one anti-aircraft battery. 09.06.1944 - twice bombarded the fortified strongholds of Beloostrov and Kollomyaki, noted direct hits on pillboxes, trenches and the fire system. - bombarded the fortified area, trench and fire systems west of Staro-Beloostrov, as well as the fortified area of Kollelovo, direct hits on trenches, firing points and communication routes were noted. Died 04/22/1945 With the crew fell into the sea. Buried - Neu-Heuser, 1 km. Southeast. Awarded: - 2 Orders of the Red Banner, - Medal "For Military Merit", - Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (posthumously), - Order of Alexander Nevsky. Participation in the fronts: 08.1943 - 07.01.1944 - North-Western Front, 07.01.1944 - 15.10.1944 - Leningrad Front, 10/15/1944 - 3rd Belorussian Front
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