Abramov, Vladimir Fedorovich

Vladimir Abramov was born on June 14, 1921 in Kuznetsk, now in the Penza region, in a family of an employee.

At the age of three, he became an orphan , then for several years he was homeless until he was sheltered by the chairman of the Cheka, Kuznetsk V. Kudryashov. He graduated from the 7th grade of the school, worked at the carpool. In 1939 he graduated from the flying club in Baku .

Since 1939 he served in the Navy . He graduated from the Yeisk Naval Aviation School named after I.V. Stalin in 1940 . Since December 1940 he served as a junior pilot in the 71st fighter aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force, in June 1941 he was appointed pilot of this regiment. In June 1941, the regiment was based at an airfield near Tallinn .

Since June 1941, he took part in the battles of the Great Patriotic War . In the first year of the war, he flew on an I-153 fighter with tail number 42. He participated in the Baltic, Tallinn and Leningrad defensive operations. In the battle of September 22, 1941, he won his first victory. ^[3] From the autumn of 1942 to the spring of 1944, Leningrad defended the regiment as part of the regiment. He joined the CPSU (b) in 1942.

In September 1942, Abramov was appointed flight commander, and in October 1942 - the squadron commander of his regiment, who in May 1943 received the guards rank for mass heroism of the personnel and excellent combat achievements and was renamed the 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Baltic Air Force fleet . In July - November 1943 he was seconded to the command of the Pacific Fleet Air Force commander and engaged in the transfer of combat experience to young fleet pilots, but then returned to his regiment.

In April 1942 he was twice wounded. The second wound to the head was severe.

The description of Vladimir Abramov stated: “From June 22, 1941 to April 22, 1942 he made 308 sorties, 70 attack flights, 87 reconnaissance missions. In air battles, he shot down 9 enemy planes: two individually, seven in group battles. ”

Since November 1943, the squadron commander of the 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division , Baltic Air Force) captain Vladimir Abramov completed 287 sorties by May 19, 1944 , participated in 57 air battles, and shot down (according to award documents) personally and in a group of 20 fascist aircraft ^[4] .

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 22, 1944, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front against the Nazi invaders and their courage and heroism, the guards captain Vladimir Fedorovich Abramov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal Star . "

In 1944, he participated in the Leningrad-Novgorod and Baltic offensive operations, actively participated in the search and destruction of the enemy over the Baltic Sea. During the war years, Vladimir Abramov made about 600 sorties on I-153 , I-16 , Yak-7B and La-5 fighters , conducted 65 air battles and personally shot down 7 and in a group of 12 German and Finnish aircraft ^[5] .

After the war, he continued to serve in the navy as a squadron commander until February 1948, when he was sent to study. In 1947 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses of the Air Force of the Navy, from June 1947 he was an inspector for the piloting technique of the 6th Mixed Aviation Division of the Navy , and from January 1948 he was a senior inspector-pilot in piloting and flight theory of the 91st Fighter Aviation Division of the Navy , from September 1951 - senior inspector-pilot of the Flight Inspection of the Air Force of the Navy of the USSR, and since October 1953 - the head of this inspection.

Since February 1955, he commanded the 91st Fighter Aviation Division , and since April 1956, the commander of the 768th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 122nd Fighter Air Division of the Northern Fleet Air Force. Since June 1956 - commander of the 14th air defense base area at the 6th State Central Navy Test Site.

Since January 1957, Vladimir Abramov was transferred to the Air Defense Forces of the country and was appointed commander of the Separate Polar Aviation Division of the Air Force of the White Sea Military District .

In 1959 he graduated from the Higher Academic Courses at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR . From October of the same year he commanded the Tallinn Air Defense Division , and from April 1960 - the 14th Fighter Air Defense Division .

Since September 1962, he served as deputy chief of staff for combat control - an operational duty officer at the command post of the 6th separate air defense army . In May 1964, he was deputy chief of the General Staff of the USSR Air Defense Forces and was on duty general at the Central Command Post of the Main Command of the USSR Air Defense Forces.

In December 1974, Major General Aviation Vladimir Abramov was transferred to the reserve due to illness. He lived in the village of Zarya, Balashikhinsky district of the Moscow region . He died on May 23, 1985 . He was buried in the city cemetery of Balashikha .

• Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (07/22/1944);
• Order of Lenin (07/22/1944);
• Four orders of the Red Banner (11/13/1941, 06/16/1942, 01/24/1943, 04/30/1944);
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree (03/11/1985);
• Two orders of the Red Star ;
• Medals.

• In Kuznetsk in the Park of Heroes V.F. Abramov installed a bust
• A memorial plaque was installed in the village of Zarya, Moscow Region, at house No. 2 ^{[ specify ]} along Lesnaya Street, in which the Hero lived in 1970-1985.
• In the city of Balashikha , a memorial plaque is installed on the Alley of Heroes

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