Ivan Efimovich Baranov (January 16, 1922, the village of Denesino [1] , Novgorod Province - February 12, 1994) - a participant in World War II , an attack pilot. Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ).
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| Place of Birth | Denesino village , Borovichi district , Novgorod province | ||||||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | Air force | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1972 | ||||||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||
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Biography
Ivan Efimovich Baranov was born on January 16, 1922 in a peasant family. He graduated from Uglovskaya high school. He studied at the Borovichi flying club. He worked at the Uglovskiy lime plant as a normalizer.
In 1941, drafted into the Red Army . Sent to the Engels Military Aviation Pilot School. After its completion in September 1942 - at the front. Squadron commander of the 807th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 206th Assault Aviation Division of the 7th Assault Aviation Corps of the 14th Air Army 3rd Baltic Front .
By September 1944 had completed 107 successful sorties. Including: on March 19, 1944, in the area of the city of Nikolaev, Baranov, together with the pilot Lyakhovsky, carried out reconnaissance of enemy forces. At the railway station, Trichaty destroyed a military train with ammunition. On April 8, I. Baranov drove six IL-2 twice to destroy enemy tanks, firing points and manpower, contributing to the breakthrough of the German fortified defense in the area of Sivash lakes . On April 22, the Baranov assault group attacked and sunk a sea caravan from a seven-thousand-ton-ton transport vehicle, a minesweeper and two boats, which moved to Severnaya Bay. The very next day, the pilot sank an enemy barge near Cape Chersonese. On May 6, I. Ye. Baranov, who was the leader of the IL-2 six, fired at artillery positions and manpower in the region of the Mekenziev Mountains . For the successful conduct of this operation, the pilots of the squadron and its commander received thanks from Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilievsky .
February 23, 1945 I. E. Baranov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union . In the view it was written:
During his stay on the fronts on an airplane, the IL-2 made 107 successful sorties, of which 85-8 led 6-8 attack groups of attack aircraft, without any loss. ... In this comrade Baranov shows himself as a master of assault strike, a sniper of bombing and an expert in assault affairs, perfectly able to drive aircraft at all altitudes, under any weather conditions
I.E. Baranov participated in the Victory Parade on June 24, 1945.
After the war he continued his service in the Air Force . In 1953 he graduated from the Higher Officer Courses. By 1963, he held the position of deputy unit commander, flew in high-speed fighters. Since 1972 - in stock. He lived in the city of Serpukhov , where he worked at the Metallist plant.
Ivan Efimovich Baranov died on February 12, 1994 . He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Leonikh Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow region .
Rewards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- The order of Lenin
- Two Orders of the Red Banner
- Order of World War 1 degree
- Order of the Patriotic War 2 degrees
- Two Orders of the Red Star
- medals
Notes
- ↑ there is a spelling - Denisino (for example, in the book of V. A. Ivanov “Heroes of the land of Novgorod”)
Literature
- Ivanov V. A. Master of assault strike // Heroes of the Novgorod land. - L: Lenizdat, 1966. - S. 192—194.
- Temmo A.M., Vyazinin I.N. Above the waters of the Black Sea and Baltic // Golden Stars of Novgorod. - L: Lenizdat, 1987 .-- S. 257—259.
- Memory Book : Novgorod Region during the Great Patriotic War. Materials, documents. Research / S.F. Vitushkin. - Novgorod: Cyrillic, 1996 .-- S. 133.
Links
- Baranov, Ivan Efimovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- About I. E. Baranov
- About I. E. Baranov