Mikhail Mikhailovich Bernikov ( 1915 - 1963 ) - attack pilot, major , Hero of the Soviet Union . Member of the Great Patriotic War since June 1942 .
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| Date of Birth | September 21, 1915 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Omsk city, Akmola region , Russian empire | |||||||||
| Date of death | March 12, 1963 (47 years old) | |||||||||
| A place of death | Zaporozhye city, Ukrainian SSR , the USSR | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire the USSR | |||||||||
| Rank | Major  | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||
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| Retired | Lieutenant colonel  | |||||||||
Biography
Born in 1915 in Omsk, Akmola region .
In 1929, his family joined the collective farm "Experience" of the Serebryakovsky village council of the Ulyanovsk region. Studied in the winter, worked in the collective farm in the summer. In 1931 he graduated from the 7th grade of the 3rd railway school and began to study at the steam locomotive-car repair plant in the school of FZU . After graduating in 1933, he worked as a turner for metal.
A great desire to fly led to the Omsk flying club, where he graduated from the pilot's school and the school of parachutists, without interruption from production. In 1937, Bernikov was called up for active service in the Red Army. He studied at the training squad of the air brigade. In 1940 he graduated from the Novosibirsk Military Aviation Pilot School. Participated in hostilities on the Leningrad, Kalinin, Voronezh, 1st and 2nd Ukrainian fronts. He was a flight commander, squadron commander. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1940 .
Squadron commander of the 809th assault aviation regiment (5th Air Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front), Major Bernikov, by the end of the war, completed 97 sorties, destroyed 15 tanks, 2 aircraft, more than 40 cars, 15 artillery pieces, a lot of other equipment and live enemy forces.
In 1952 he graduated from the Higher Flight Tactical Courses, until 1957 he served in the USSR Air Force.
Since 1957, Lieutenant Colonel M. M. Bernikov is in stock. He lived in Zaporozhye , worked at the Zaporizhstal plant as a senior foreman of the workshop. He took an active part in public life. [one]
From the party characteristics:
“... During his work from January 1959 to February 1963, Mikhail Mikhailovich Bernikov proved to be a hardworking worker. To improve his skills, he studied at the courses of masters. Efficiency, modesty, the ability to manage people and work in a team are the main qualities possessed by Mikhail Mikhailovich Bernikov. He takes an active part in public life. A member of the party bureau of the workshop, a deputy of the Ordzhonikidze district council, gives reports and lectures to workers ... "
Suddenly died March 12, 1963, was buried in Zaporozhye.
Memory
- A street in Omsk is named after Bernikov. [2]
- A memorial plaque is installed on the building of Vocational School No. 2 of Omsk.
- The name of the Hero was carried by the pioneer squads of Omsk, there were corners of glory in the pioneer rooms in memory of him. [one]
Rewards
- By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 15, 1946, for courage and bravery in battle, for driving groups into battle and for ensuring operations to force the Dnieper and expanding our bridgeheads on its right bank, as well as taking Kiev squadron commander Mikhail Mikhailovich Bernikov, was assigned Hero of the Soviet Union.
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin, three orders of the Red Banner, orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3 degrees, Alexander Nevsky, World War 2 degrees and the Red Star, as well as medals.
Notes
Links
Bernikov, Mikhail Mikhailovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".