Aleksandr Kirillovich Laukhin (September 1, 1917 - May 25, 1951) - ace pilot , squadron commander of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division , 2nd Fighter Aviation Corps , 15th Air Army ), Military 1st class pilot , Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | September 1, 1917 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Temryuk , Krasnodar Territory | ||||||||||
| Date of death | May 25, 1951 (33 years old) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow | ||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||
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| Years of service | 1938-1951 | ||||||||||
| Rank | guard captain  | ||||||||||
| Part | 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 2nd Fighter Aviation Corps 15th air army | ||||||||||
| Commanded | squadron commander | ||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War II : | ||||||||||
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Content
Biography
Alexander Kirillovich Laukhin was born on September 1, 1917 in the city of Temryuk, now in the Krasnodar Territory, in a working class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1943.
He graduated from 8 classes. Since 1933, he lived in the village of Yablonovsky in the Takhtamukaysky district, now the Republic of Adygea . He worked as a metal turner at the Adygea Canning Plant. In 1937 he graduated from the Krasnodar Aero Club. In the Soviet Army since 1938. In 1940 he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School. He served there as a flight instructor and flight commander.
In the battles of World War II from September 1942 in the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
Feat
Squadron commander of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division , 2nd Fighter Aviation Corps , 15th Air Army , Bryansk Front ) of the Guard Senior Lieutenant Laukhin completed 214 sorties by July 1943, in 50 air flights battles personally shot down 9 and in group 3 enemy aircraft. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on September 2, 1943.
He fought at the front until the end of the war. By May 9, 1945, it had completed over 350 sorties, in which it shot down 24 German planes personally and 3 in the group [1] (according to the last award list, it had a slightly different number of victories - 23 personally and 9 in the group [2] - but this data is operational and reporting documents of the regiment are not confirmed.
In 1949 he graduated from the Air Force Academy [3] .
On May 25, 1951, Lt. Col. Laukhin died in a plane crash. Buried in Moscow.
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal [4] .
- Order of Lenin [4] .
- Order of the Red Banner [5] .
- Order of Alexander Nevsky .
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree [6] .
- Medal "For Military Merit" [7]
- Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad"
- Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (07/20/1945 [8] ).
- Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy . "
Memory
- He was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery in Moscow .
- The name of the Hero is carved in gold letters in the Hall of Glory of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Victory Park in Moscow.
- In the city of Temryuk , a bust of the Hero was installed on the Walk of Fame.
Notes
- ↑ M. Yu. Bykov. All Asa of Stalin 1936-1953 .. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-Press LLC, 2014. - S. 678-679. - 1392 p. - (Elite Air Force Encyclopedia). - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3 .
- ↑ A.K. Laukhin on the Soviet Aces website.
- ↑ Team faculty. Air Force Academy named after Yu. A. Gagarin. Moscow. 2007 year ZAO JV Contact RL. - 367 p. / p. 244.
- ↑ 1 2 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 09/02/1943.
- ↑ Order of the Volkhov Front No. 012 of 02.19.1943.
- ↑ Order of the 2nd IAK No. 076 of 05/19/1943.
- ↑ Awarded in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 06/04/1944 "On awarding orders and medals for the length of service in the Red Army"
- ↑ Decree of the PVS of the USSR of 09/09/1945.
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.
- Sidzhakh Kh. I. Your Heroes, Adygea : Essays on the Heroes of the Soviet Union. - Maykop : Adyghe Republican book. Publishing House, 2005 .-- 413 p. - ISBN 5-7608-0459-6 .
- Sijah H.I. Heroes of Russia from Adygea. - Maykop : OJSC Polygraph-South, 2011. - 116 p. ISBN 978-5-7992-0668-0 .
- Golden Stars of Adygea. 2nd ed., Ext. and dorab. Maykop , 1980.
- Team Faculty. Air Force Academy named after Yu. A. Gagarin. Moscow. 2007 year ZAO JV Contact RL. - 367 p. / p. 244.
Links
Laukhin, Alexander Kirillovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".