Ilya Borisovich Katunin ( November 17, 1908 - April 23, 1944 ) - Soviet military pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Ilya Borisovich Katunin | ||||
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| Date of Birth | November 17, 1908 | |||
| Place of Birth | Gomel city, Russian Empire | |||
| Date of death | April 23, 1944 (35 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Vardø , Norway | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | naval aviation | |||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1944 | |||
| Rank | captain  | |||
| Part | 46th Northern Fleet Air Force Assault Regiment | |||
| Position | deputy commander of the 2nd squadron | |||
| Battles / Wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Content
Short biography
Jew. Parents died in a pogrom in 1918. He was brought up in an orphanage. After graduating from high school, he worked as a mechanic at a machine-tool plant. He served in the navy from 1932 to 1934. In 1934 he graduated from the Yeisk school of sea pilots .
Since 1934 - pilot instructor of the Bezhitsky flying club, then the head of the flight section of the Bryansk flying club. He was sent to the army in the spring of 1943, at the 46th assault air regiment of the Northern Fleet , stationed in the Arctic. He made 12 sorties.
On April 23, 1944, to destroy the enemy convoy in the Varangerfjord (Northern Norway), eight “silts” flew under the cover of 14 fighters. The group was led by the party organizer of the squadron, Captain I. B. Katunin. In the Vardø region, its attack aircraft just entered the caravan, which consisted of 8 transports and 20 guard ships, including 6 destroyers. Cover fighters tied Hitler's planes in battle, and Katunin attack aircraft, breaking through dense anti-aircraft fire, rushed to vehicles.
The host went on the attack on the head transport. Suddenly, his IL-2 was hit and caught fire. Captain Katunin entered the car at a peak at an altitude of 1300 meters and sent it to transport. A strong explosion ensued, and an enemy ship of 3,000 gross registered tons sank.
Family
- Mother - Katunina Dvosya Shlemovna (1881-1965), buried at the Prudkovskoye Jewish cemetery in Gomel [1]
Awards
- The Gold Star Medal - May 31, 1944.
- Order of Lenin - May 31, 1944.
- Order of the Red Banner .
Memorial Places
The bust of I. B. Katunin, among the 53 North Sea pilots awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union , is installed in the village. Safonovo on the Alley of Heroes near the SF Air Force Museum .
Memory
- Named after I. B. Katunin:
- village in the Arkhangelsk region ;
- street and secondary school number 13 in Bryansk ;
- street in Gomel ;
- large freezing trawler MB-423 Ilya Katunin
- street and secondary school number 13 in Bryansk ;
- In 1978, an artistic labeled envelope dedicated to the Hero was published.
Notes
- ↑ Benjamin Belenki. Photo of the grave . MItzvatemet . Chesed Shel Emet.
Literature
- Boyko V.S. Wings of the Northern Fleet. - Murmansk: Murmansk book publishing house, 1976. - 317 p.
- Gerasimenko D. Ya., Kolker I.I., Nekhoroshkov F.A. Glorified by the heroes of the Northern Fleet. Dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi invaders in the Arctic. - Murmansk: Murmansk book publishing house, 1974. - 208 p.
- Sorokazherdiev V.V. They fought in the Arctic: Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1939-1945: combat biographies. - Murmansk: Prince. Publishing House, 2007.P. 108. ISBN 978-5-85510-305-2 .
Links
- Katunin, Ilya Borisovich . The site " Heroes of the country ."
- Museum of the Air Force Photo album about the history of the Museum of the Air Force of the SF
- Kozlov I.A., Shlomin V.S. Red Banner Northern Fleet .