Sebrova, Irina Fedorovna

She was born on December 25, 1914 in the village of Tetyakovka, now Novomoskovsky District, Tula Region, in a working class family. Russian.

She graduated from the Moscow College of Milling Industry . Worked in a factory. In 1938 she graduated from the Moscow flying club, in 1940 - the Kherson military aviation school of pilots . She was an instructor pilot in the Frunze Aero Club of Moscow. By this time, at twenty-three years old, she was already a rather experienced instructor, having released several groups of cadets in two years of work at the Frunze Aero Club of Moscow.

In the Red Army since October 1941. In 1942 she graduated from courses at the military aviation school of pilots. On the fronts of World War II from May 1942. The commander of the 46th guards night bomber aviation regiment (325th night bomber air division, 4th air army, 2nd Belorussian front) guards senior lieutenant I. F. Sebrova made 1004 night combat sorties to bomb the enemy troops ^[1] .

Ira Sebrova made the regiment more than all sorties - 1004, even scary to pronounce. I think that all over the world you can’t find a pilot with so many sorties. And she was a quiet, modest, seemingly not bright girl. After the war, Sebrova's husband, Sasha Khomenko, told me how he surpassed Irina's car from repair to the regiment. Sasha then served as an engineer in a repair shop (PARM). We sent planes there when the engine life was exhausted or the car needed repair after shelling. The plane was restored and returned to the front.

Sasha flew to the airport in Ivanovo, and Ira began to test the car. Sasha got into the second cabin. We agreed that she would not do a loop, so he was not attached. And suddenly he sees that she began to make a loop, forgot that he is not attached. "I grabbed onto the sides of the cab when I was upside down - I almost fell out."

Obviously, Ira remembered him, quickly dropped, sat down on the landing, jumped out of the cab and went to the checkpoint ... “I taxied the car into the parking lot,” Sasha continued to tell, “I also went to the command post. I see Ira sitting on a bench, holding her head in her hands and telling me: “If you fell out, what would I say to the regiment commander?” ... ”

- Rakobolskaya I.V., Kravtsova N.F. We were called night witches. 2005 ^[2]

Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1943 .

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated February 23, 1945 “for exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the battle against the German invaders and courage and heroism shown to this” to the commanding officer of the 46th guards night bomber aviation regiment ( 325th night bomber aviation division , 4th Air Army , 2nd Belorussian Front ) of the Guard Senior Lieutenant Sebrova Irina Fedorovna was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 4856).

Since 1948, Senior Lieutenant I.F.Sebrova was in reserve and then retired. She worked at the Moscow Aviation Institute . She lived in the hero city of Moscow . She died on April 5, 2000 . She was buried in the Rakitki cemetery .

• Gold Star Medal No. 4856 Hero of the Soviet Union (February 23, 1945);
• Order of Lenin (February 23, 1945);
• three orders of the Red Banner (1942, 1944,?);
• Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (1985);
• Order of the Patriotic War , 2nd degree (1943);
• Order of the Red Star (1943);
• medals.

• One of the streets of the village Gremyache is named in her honor.
• In the museum of the Gremyachev school, an exhibition dedicated to I.F.Sebrova was founded.
• In secondary school No. 213 of the city of Moscow there is a museum of military glory of the 46th guards of the Taman Order of the Red Banner and Suvorov of the III degree of the night lightly bomber female regiment ^[3] .

• Sebrova Irina Fedorovna // Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - S. 427. - 863 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
• Kravtsova (Meklin) N. Thousand and eight sorties // Heroes: essays on women - Heroes of the Soviet Union / ed. L. F. Toropov; foreword E. Kononenko . - Vol. 2. - M .: Politizdat , 1969 .-- 463 p.
• Forever in the heart of the people / editorial: I.P. Shamyakin (Ch. Ed.) And others. - 3rd ed., Ext. and rev. - Mn. : Belarusian Soviet Encyclopedia , 1984. - P. 406. - 607 p.
• Rakobolskaya I.V., Kravtsova N.F. We were called night witches. M .: MSU Publishing House, 2005 .-- 336 p.
• A. Atlasov. 1008 sorties (Sebrova Irina Fedorovna) // Heroes of Novomoskovtsy, 1941-1945 /ed. advice . - 2nd ed., Rev. and add. - Novomoskovsk: Recom, 2010 .-- S. 58–61. - 114 p. - 1000 copies.

Sebrova, Irina Fedorovna (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".

• Winged Guard - Image Gallery .
• Tatyana Samoilenko. "Night swallow . " Novomoskovsk news. 01/22/2010.