Gusenko Pavel Yakovlevich July 3 (16), 1914 - September 20, 1944 - Guard captain , squadron commander, Hero of the Soviet Union , participant in the battles at Halkin-Gol , the Soviet-Finnish War and World War II .
| Pavel Yakovlevich Gusenko | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | July 3 (16), 1914 | |||||
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| Date of death | September 20, 1944 (30 years old) | |||||
| Place of death | Presov | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | Bomber aircraft | |||||
| Years of service | 1936 - 1944 | |||||
| Rank | Guard  | |||||
| Part | 81st Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment ( 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division , 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps ) | |||||
| Commanded | squadron | |||||
| Battles / wars | Fights on Khalkhin Gol , Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
Gusenko Pavel Yakovlevich was born on July 3 (16), 1914 in the city of Yekaterinoslav . He graduated from a railway technical school, worked as an electrician in a factory. In 1936 he was drafted into the Red Army , in 1938 he graduated from the Voroshilovgrad military aviation school.
Participation in the Great Patriotic War
Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941 . He fought on the Volkhov , Northwest , Leningrad , Kalinin , Voronezh , Stepnoy , 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts as part of the 81st Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment ( 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division , 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (first formation) , 5th Air Army ). He went from a flight commander to a squadron commander of dive bombers . He made about 200 sorties, as a result of which he destroyed a lot of enemy manpower and equipment.
On June 2, 1944, the regiment commander introduced P.Ya. Gusenko to confer the title of Hero of the Soviet Union . By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1944, Captain Gusenko Pavel Yakovlevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front of the fight against Nazi invaders and the courage and courage of the guard . [one]
But the hero did not live to see this day. On September 20, 1944 , when a bomb was struck in the vicinity of the railway junction of the city of Presov, his plane was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft artillery fire. Guard Captain Gusenko sent his burning plane to the enemy echelon and died the hero’s death. He was buried in the village of Zales ( Poland ). September 27, 1944 for the accomplished feat was re-submitted to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union . According to this submission, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (Order of the 2nd Air Army No. 18 / n of August 30, 1946) [2]
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal ;
- Order of Lenin ;
- two Orders of the Red Banner ;
- two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree ;
- medals. (What kind?)
Memory
- A street in the Dnieper is named after the Hero.
- A plaque on the school building in the Dnieper.
- A plaque on the building of the railway technical school in the Dnieper.
- Forever enrolled in the lists of the military unit.
Note
- ↑ Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” (archive materials of TsAMO , f. 33 , op. 793756 , d. 12 , p. 290 ).
- ↑ Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686196 , d. 5352 , l. 25 ).
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1987.- T. 1 / Abaev - Lyubichev /. - 911 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN comp., Reg. RCP No. 87-95382.
- Heroes of exploits in the Kharkov region / V.V. Kalinin, D. G. Makarenko. - Kharkov: Prapor, 1970 .-- 352-353 p. - 25,000 copies.
Links
Gusenko, Pavel Yakovlevich . Site " Heroes of the country ". (Retrieved May 2, 2010)