Nikolai Filippovich Argunov ( April 14, 1919 - October 22, 1944 ) - Soviet military pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War , navigator of the squadron of the 35th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 5th Guards Bomber Aviation Division of the 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Army Corps 1st Baltic Front , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 02.23.1945 ), Guard Senior Lieutenant .
| Nikolay Filippovich Argunov | ||||||
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| Date of Birth | April 14, 1919 | |||||
| Place of Birth | village Kochenyovo , Cain County , Tomsk Province , RSFSR | |||||
| Date of death | October 22, 1944 (25 years old) | |||||
| Place of death | neighborhood of Memel | |||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||
| Type of army | Air force | |||||
| Years of service | 1939 - 1944 | |||||
| Rank | guard  | |||||
| Part | 35th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment ( 5th Guards Bomber Aviation Division 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Corps ) | |||||
| Position | navigator squadron | |||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||
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Biography
He was born on April 14, 1919 in a peasant family in the village of Kochenyovo, Kainsky district, Tomsk province (now Kochenyovo is an urban village of the Novosibirsk region ). Russian Member of the CPSU (b) since 1941. Secondary education.
In the Red Army since 1939. In 1940 he graduated from the Chelyabinsk Military Aviation School of observer pilots . With the beginning of World War II at the front.
Squadron navigator of the 35th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (5th Guards Bomber Air Division, 1st Guards Bomber Air Corps, 3rd Air Army, 1st Baltic Front) Guards Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Argunov completed a military reconnaissance mission on October 17, October 1944 and the bombing of military installations, manpower and enemy equipment.
October 22, 1944 when destroying a target in the area of the city of Memel ( Klaipeda ), his plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 23, 1945, for the exemplary performance of command tasks and the courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders of the guard, senior lieutenant Argunov Nikolay Filippovich was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union
- The order of Lenin
- Two Orders of the Red Banner
- Order of the Patriotic War II degree
Memory
- He was buried in the Lithuanian city of Retavas .
- The name of the Hero is on the street of the urban-type village of Kochenevo in the Novosibirsk Region and Kochenevskaya Secondary School No. 1.
Notes
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.
Links
Argunov, Nikolai Filippovich . Site " Heroes of the country ". (Retrieved August 28, 2011)