Mikhail Petrovich Tyurin ( February 19, 1918 , Serdobsk - March 11, 1940 , Finland ) - Hero of the Soviet Union, junior lieutenant , squadron pilot of the 44th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 54th Fighter Aviation Brigade of the North-Western Front.
| Mikhail Petrovich Tyurin | |||
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| Date of Birth | February 19, 1918 | ||
| Place of Birth | Serdobsk | ||
| Date of death | March 11, 1940 (22 years old) | ||
| Place of death | Finland | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | aviation | ||
| Years of service | 1931-1933, 1934-1940 | ||
| Rank |  | ||
| Part | 44th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Regiment 54th Light Aviation Brigade 7th Army Northwest Front | ||
| Commanded | squadron | ||
| Battles / wars | Finnish campaign | ||
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Biography
Born on February 19, 1918 in the city of Serdobsk, now in the Penza region, in a working class family.
He graduated from the seven-year plan. In the Red Army since 1937. He graduated from the military aviation school of pilots.
Member of the Soviet-Finnish war . By March 1940 made 73 sorties. On December 29, 1939, near the city of Vyborg, together with the squadron, he destroyed 4 anti-aircraft batteries, thereby ensuring the successful solution of combat missions by ground units of the Red Army.
Feat
On March 11, 1940, during an attack by an enemy train , a plane was shot down by the squadron commander Priyomov, who made an emergency landing on enemy territory. Junior Lieutenant Tyurin decided to save him. Landing, the pilot took the commander, but when taking off from an uneven site, the plane crashed. The squadron commissar Pasechnik made a second attempt to save the pilots, but was shot down. Once in enemy territory, the pilots took an unequal battle. The last patron Tyurin committed suicide .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 7, 1940, for the exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the struggle against the Finnish White Guard and the courage and courage shown to senior political officer Pasechnik Artyom Spiridonovich and junior lieutenant Tyurin Mikhail Petrovich, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
He was awarded the Order of Lenin (04/07/1940, posthumously).
He was buried at the station Gorelovo, Leningrad Region (now the municipal district of Gorelovo, St. Petersburg ).
Memory
- In the city of Serdobsk, a bust of the Hero is installed, a street is named after him.
- His name is also on the plaque on the building of the regional committee DOSAAF Volgograd .
Links
Tyurin, Mikhail Petrovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".