Yakov Petrovich Motlokhov (September 25, 1922, the village of Kucheryaevka , Voronezh province - February 27, 2006, Moscow) - Soviet military pilot, honored pilot of the USSR, test pilot of production vehicles, aviation colonel. Member of the Great Patriotic War in 1942, the Soviet-Japanese War of 1945, the war in Korea, where one of the first shot down in an air battle was the American F-86 Saber . Inspector of the Far Eastern Military District for piloting technique. After the resignation - Deputy Director of the All-Union Design Institute Energosetproekt.
| Yakov Petrovich Motlohov | |
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| Birth | September 25, 1922 |
| Death | February 27, 2006 (83 years old) |
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Study and World War II
In 1941 he entered the Chernigov school of military pilots, having completed training, he was seconded to the 6th Air Defense Corps of Moscow. He started the war with the rank of senior sergeant, and ended as senior lieutenant. In air battles, he destroyed 3 personally and 5 in a group of enemy aircraft (of which several Junkers Ju 188 , as well as Focke-Wulf 190 and Messerschmitt Bf.109 ). He personally commanded the link of fighters accompanying the plane, on which, on September 19, 1944, Finnish President Karl Gustav Emil Mannerheim was returning from the signing of a peace agreement between Moscow and the USSR. For the flawlessly conducted operation of covering the aircraft of the Finnish president, he was awarded his first order of the Red Banner. In April 1945 he was transferred to the Far East with a regiment.
Soviet-Japanese War and War in Korea
During the battles for the airspace of the Far East, he commanded a fighter squadron, which until September 1945 caused serious damage to the Japanese Air Force. In the Korean War of 1950-1953, where the USSR did not officially take part, he was one of the first to bring down the American F-86 Saber using the recently commissioned missile radar guidance system installed on the MiG-15 fighter. For the heroism he was awarded the Order of Lenin.
In the following years of service, he was deputy regiment commander, pilot inspector of the Far Eastern Military District, and later commander of a fighter aviation regiment.
In 1960 he was sent by command to the Riga Military Academy, after which he lived and worked in Moscow. He was dismissed in 1970.
Interesting Facts
In the winter of 1943, being shot down during the air battle by a Ju 188 bomber shooter, he lost his high boots while parachuting, since the pilots usually did not use their numerous fasteners so that their legs would not numb. Making his way through the snowy forest in some high boots [ unknown term ] , severely froze his legs, but a day later he was discovered by a peasant who was collecting brushwood. At the hospital, one foot was prepared for amputation, but the attention of the nurse, who noticed that blood supply was present in one little finger, saved the pilot’s leg from the operation.
Piloting the latest supersonic aircraft in the 1950s, set altitude records on serial machines.
Using a special lead suit, in which the plane could be reached only with the help of a crane, he flew over the epicenter of an atomic explosion, testing equipment that was not amenable to the influence of an electromagnetic pulse.
Father - Peter Ivanovich Motlokhov, cavalry officer, officer, regimental reconnaissance commander in the First World War, complete St. George cavalier.
Rewards
Order of Lenin, two orders of the Red Banner, three orders of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War II degree, medal "For the Defense of Moscow", medal "For Courage", medal "For Military Merit", medal "For the Victory over Germany", medal "For victory over Japan. "