Vasiliy Ivanovich Andrianov ( August 13, 1920 - May 7, 1999 ) - Soviet attack pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union [1] , major general of aviation.
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| Date of Birth | August 13, 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Ivanisovo village, Bezhetsk county , Tver province , Soviet Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 7, 1999 (78 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A place of death | Moscow , Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1940 - 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank |  Major General Aviation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part | 667th Assault Aviation Regiment 292th Assault Aviation Division 1st Assault Aviation Corps 5th Air Army (USSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 Monuments
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Born on August 13, 1920 in the village of Ivanisovo, Tver Province (now the village of the Bezhetsky District, Tver Region ) in a peasant family. Russian Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1944 . He graduated from Smolensk Cooperative College in 1939 . In the Red Army since 1940 . In 1943 he graduated from the Perm Military Aviation Pilot School.
On the fronts of World War II from June 1943 . He received his first baptism of fire on Kursk . July 24, 1943 in the Il-2 group took part in the attack of the Belgorod railway station.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal to the flight commander of the 667th assault aviation regiment ( 292th assault aviation division , 1st assault aviation corps , 5th air army , 2nd Ukrainian front ) junior On July 1, 1943 , Lieutenant Andrianov was assigned for 87 sorties to attack enemy troops in battles for Belgorod , Kharkov , in the Poltava and Kirovograd directions.
Captain Andrianov was awarded the second Gold Star medal to the squadron commander of the 141st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (9th Guards Assault Aviation Division, 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division, 2nd Air Army , 1st Ukrainian Front) June 27, 1944 years for 90 sorties in battles near Lviv , at the Sandomierz bridgehead ( Poland ) and at other borders.
The war ended in Berlin . In total, during the war he flew 177 sorties. Personally destroyed 50 tanks , 200 vehicles, 25 anti-aircraft artillery batteries, 13 warehouses and many other enemy equipment, shot down 6 enemy aircraft in 37 air battles.
In 1950 he graduated from the Air Force Academy , in 1961 - from the General Staff Military Academy. Major General of Aviation ( 1971 ). Until 1981, teaching at the General Staff Military Academy. He died on May 7, 1999 . He was buried in Moscow at the Troekurovsky cemetery .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union No. 1976
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union No. 6036
- The order of Lenin
- 3 orders of the Red Banner
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- 2 orders of World War I degree
- Order of Glory III degree
- Order of the Red Star
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
- Medals
Monuments
- Monument in Moscow at Troekurovsky cemetery
- Bronze bust in the village of Sonkovo, Tver Region on Lenin Avenue, in front of the railway station .
- Heroes Alley in Korsun-Shevchenkovsky .
- A memorial tablet on the house in Izmailovo in which he lived.
Notes
- ↑ Andrianov Vasily Ivanovich // Aviation encyclopedia in persons / Otv. A.N. Efimov . - Moscow: Bars, 2007 .-- S. 39 .-- 712 p. - ISBN 978-5-85914-075-6 .
Links
- Andrianov, Vasily Ivanovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".