Evgeny Georgievich Andreyenko ( September 2, 1917 - September 14, 1982 ) - participant of the Great Patriotic War , pilot of the 20th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, 18th Air Army) of the Guard senior lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1946 ).
| Andreyenko Evgeniy Georgievich | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | September 2, 1917 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Kamenskaya village, Russian empire | |||||
| Date of death | September 14, 1982 (aged 65) | |||||
| Place of death | Mines Rostov region | |||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire the USSR | |||||
| Years of service | 1937 - 1946 | |||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Evgeny Georgievich was born in 1917 in the village of Kamenskaya (currently the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Region ) in a working class family.
After receiving an incomplete secondary education, he worked as an electrician for the tram department of the city of Shakhty [1] , studied flight business in the city flying club with an instructor Gorovets. Then he got into the school of the civil air fleet, after which he began to fly passenger aircraft on the Moscow - Ashgabat line [2] .
In the Red Army since 1937 . In 1938 he graduated from the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation Pilot School. Member of World War II from the first day. He fought as a navigator on an IL-4 aircraft in the 752nd Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment (DBA).
Captain Andreyenko finished the war of the guard in the 20th Guards Bomber Sevastopol Order of the Suvorov Aviation Regiment (13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, 18th Air Army).
On the account of Evgeny Georgievich 370 sorties and about 500 tons of bombs dropped on enemy positions. 59 times during the day and 311 at night - he flew out to bombard enemy targets in the near and far rear of the enemy.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, guards senior lieutenant Yevgeny Georgievich Andreyenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the medal " The Golden Star ”(No. 9066).
Andreenko continued to serve in the Air Force until 1946, the captain went into the reserve with the rank of guard, and lived until the end of his life in the city of Shakhty .
He died in the Mines on September 14, 1982 .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal No. 9066,
- two orders of Lenin ,
- Order of the Fighting Red Banner ,
- Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree .
Memory
- A memorial plaque was installed in the Victory Park of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky Hero.
See also
- List of Heroes of the Soviet Union of the Rostov Region
Notes
- ↑ Shakhtintsy - Heroes of the Soviet Union
- ↑ Andreyenko Evgeny Georgievich Archived on December 30, 2005.