Alexander Petrovich Savchenko ( July 15, 1919 - April 8, 1988 ) - World War II participant, squadron commander of the 127th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 282th Fighter Aviation Division , 6th Mixed Aviation Corps , 16th Air Army , Central Front ) captain . Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Place of Birth | Almaznaya station, Donetsk province | |||||||||||||||
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||
| Type of army |  Air Force | |||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1939-1954 | |||||||||||||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born July 15, 1919 at the station Almaznaya, now the city of the Lugansk region of Ukraine, in a working class family. Russian. He graduated from 8 classes. He worked as a mechanic at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow.
In the Red Army - since 1939 . He graduated from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School of Pilots ( 1940 ) [1] . On the fronts of World War II from June 1941 . Member of the CPSU (b) since 1942 .
December 15, 1942 was presented to the title Hero of the Soviet Union, but was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [2] .
Squadron commander of the 127th Fighter Aviation Regiment, captain Alexander Savchenko, by July 1943, made 424 sorties, personally shot down 11 in 64 air battles and 15 [3] enemy planes in the group. In total, during the years of the war, he made combat sorties - 493 , air battles - 80 .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 4, 1944 for courage and heroism shown in air battles, Alexander Petrovich Savchenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.
After the war he served in the USSR Air Force . In 1949 he graduated from the Higher Flight Tactical KUOS. He commanded the 741st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment . Since 1954, Lt. Col. Savchenko - in stock.
He lived in the city of Rostov-on-Don , worked as an engineer in the trust "Stroykonstruktsiya".
He died on April 8, 1988 . He was buried in Rostov-on-Don .
Rewards
- The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on February 4, 1944 .
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin, three orders of the Red Banner, two orders of the Patriotic War of 1 degree and medals.
Memory
- The name of the Hero was carried by the pioneer squad of Vaskovskaya high school in the Arkhangelsk region.
- In Rostov-on-Don, a memorial plaque was installed on the house where the Hero lived.
See also
- Heroes of the Soviet Union of the Rostov region
Notes
- ↑ Savchenko Alexander Petrovich - graduate of 1940 . Date of treatment February 13, 2012. Archived on September 7, 2012.
- ↑ Award sheet in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682525 , d. 148 , l. 58 ).
- ↑ Only 9 group victories of A. Savchenko were confirmed, but due to the incompleteness of the documents, it is possible that their actual number is greater and the number indicated in the award documents of 15 group victories may be true.
Links
Savchenko, Alexander Petrovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".