Alexander Efimovich Shvarev ( 1914 - 2006 ) - pilot ace , major general of aviation , participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Russian Federation (1995) [1] .
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| Date of Birth | December 26, 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Kuvandyk city, Orsky district , Orenburg province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 3, 2006 (91 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army |  Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1936 - 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part | 21st IAP , 31st IAP , 236th IAP , 111th GIAP , 40th GIAP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born December 26, 1914 in the city of Kuvandyk, Orenburg region (then - Orenburg province ). His parents moved from to the Orenburg province from Penza .
He graduated from 7 classes. Joined the Komsomol . In 1932-1935 he worked as a laboratory assistant at factories in Magnitogorsk and Dnepropetrovsk . In 1935 he entered the Physics and Mathematics Department of Dnepropetrovsk State University , where he completed his first year.
In the Red Army since August 1936, he was called up by the military registration and enlistment office of the Orenburg region . In 1939 he graduated from the Voroshilovgrad military aviation school of pilots . Since 1939 he served in the 21st fighter aviation regiment of the Air Force of the Western Special Military District , since 1940 - in the 31st fighter aviation regiment of the 8th Mixed Aviation Division of the Baltic Special Military District . In June 1941 he was appointed flight commander of this regiment ( Alytus airdrome).
He participated in the Great Patriotic War from its beginning, from June 22, 1941. Having been hit by enemy aircraft and having no connection with the command, it took the battle independently with the surviving pilots, completed three sorties and shot down 1 German plane. Participated in the Baltic defensive operation , in the battle for Moscow . During the period from September 6 to October 12, 1941, junior lieutenant Shvarev made 85 sorties, in 15 air battles he shot down 1 plane. Since September 1941, he was the flight commander of the 236th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 43rd Combined Aviation Division of the Western Front Air Force [2] . At the end of 1941 he was appointed commander of a squadron of the same regiment as part of the 201st fighter aviation division of the Air Force of the Western Front and the 1st Air Army . By June 29, 1942, it had already completed 175 sorties, personally shot down 4 aircraft. By that time he had already fought with the rank of captain.
He participated in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Rostov offensive operation of 1943 . In January 1943 he was shot down and seriously injured. After recovery, from May 1943 - as part of the 111th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 201st Fighter Aviation Division . Since March 26, 1944 - navigator [3] of the 40th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division [2] . He participated in the liberation of the Taman Peninsula , the Donbass offensive operation of 1943 , the battle of the Dnieper , the Proskurovsky-Chernivtsi , the Vistula-Oder operation . In the spring of 1945, already being a major, Alexander Efimovich was recalled from the front to study at the Air Force Academy [1] .
In total, during the years of World War II, he made about 450 sorties, shot down 14 enemy planes personally in 73 air battles and 1 in the group (three victories in 1941, 8 in 1942, 2 in 1943 and in 1944, one victory in 1945) . He fought on the MiG-3 , Yak-1 , La-5 , La-7 fighters. He was shot down three times [1] .
June 24, 1945 participated in the historic Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow . He later participated in the victory parades of 1995 and 2000 [4] .
After the war, he continued to serve in the USSR Air Force . After graduating from the Red Banner Air Force Academy [5] in 1949, the Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Shvarev served in the aviation units of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and the Odessa Military District . In 1958-1970 he served in the Main Personnel Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defense . Since 1976, he resigned as Major General of Aviation . He lived in Moscow.
By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 11, 1995, for the courage and heroism shown in the fight against Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War, Major General Shvarev Alexander Efimovich was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation [6] .
He died on May 3, 2006 . He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow (plot 6a) [1] .
Rewards
- Hero of the Russian Federation ( October 11, 1995 ), medal No. 231.
- 4 Orders of the Red Banner
- 2 Orders of World War 1 degree
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- 3 Orders of the Red Star
- Medal for Military Merit
- Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad"
- Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus"
- Medal For Victory Over Germany
- Other medals.
Awards of the Polish People's Republic :
- Golden Cross Merit
- Cross of the Brave [1] [7]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Shvarev, Alexander Efimovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- ↑ 1 2 Aviators of the Second World War. Alexander Efimovich Shvarev (Unavailable link) . www.allaces.ru. Date of treatment December 5, 2012. Archived on September 3, 2012.
- ↑ Award sheet for the Order of the Red Banner
- ↑ RED FALCONS. Alexander Efimovich Shvarev (Unavailable link) . airaces.narod.ru. Date of treatment December 5, 2012. Archived on May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Collective of authors. History of the command faculty of the Air Force Academy named after Yu. A. Gagarin / V.E. Zenkov. - Moscow: ZAO JV Contact RL, 2007. - S. 244. - 368 p. - ISBN 5-902908-02-7 .
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 11, 1995 N 1036 . base.consultant.ru. Date of treatment December 5, 2012.
- ↑ SHVAREV Alexander Efimovich . geroiros.narod.ru. Date of treatment December 5, 2012. Archived January 17, 2013.
Literature
- Sergei Mikhailovich Strelnikov. Kuwandyk Encyclopedia. - Publishing house S.M. Strelnikova, 2006 .-- 407 p. - ISBN 9785900802237 .
- Team of authors. History of the command faculty of the Air Force Academy named after Yu. A. Gagarin / V.E. Zenkov. - Moscow: ZAO JV Contact RL, 2007. - S. 244. - 368 p. - ISBN 5-902908-02-7 .
Links
- Artyom Drabkin. Memoirs of WWII veterans. Shvarev Alexander Efimovich (Inaccessible link) . iremember.ru (07.21.2006). Date of treatment December 5, 2012. Archived on May 12, 2013.
- Orenburg Regional Library. Shvarev Alexander Efimovich (Unavailable link) . orenlib.ru. Date of treatment December 5, 2012. Archived November 1, 2014.
- Photo at 40 GIAP near an airplane