Pinchuk, Nikolay Grigoryevich

Born on February 4, 1921 in the village of Budenovka, now Bobruisk district, Mogilev region, in a peasant family. Byelorussian. Since 1938 - in the Komsomol.

In 1940 he graduated from 10 classes of the school and the Bobruisk flying club. In the same year, 1940, he volunteered to serve in the Red Army . In 1940 he graduated from the 8th Odessa, in 1941 - Konotop, in 1942 - Armavir military aviation school pilots.

On the fronts of World War II from August 1942 in the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment ^[1] . In October 1942 he arrived at the 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment . On August 30, 1943, near the town of Yelny, N.G. Pinchuk was wounded after ramming an enemy dive Ju-87. He was sent to the hospital for treatment. On September 2, all the wounded in cars were taken to the railway station for evacuation to the rear. On the way, N.G. Pinchuk fled to his regiment and a month later was already in combat formation again. In the spring of 1944 he was appointed deputy commander, and in January 1945 - commander of the 1st Squadron.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 19, 1945, for 226 sorties, 46 air battles, 18 enemy aircraft shot down and the courage and high flying skills shown, guards Captain Pinchuk Nikolay Grigoryevich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the medal “ The Golden Star . " ^{[2] [3]}

Member of the CPSU / CPSU since 1945.

In total, during the war years, he made 307 sorties, participating in 68 air battles, shot down 24 enemy aircraft - 22 personally (one ram) and 2 in the group ^[1] .

After the war, he continued to serve in the Air Force. In 1954 he graduated with honors from the Air Force Academy ^[4] . Since 1975, Colonel N.G. Pinchuk is in stock.

He lived in the hero city of Minsk.

He died on January 12, 1978. He was buried at the Eastern cemetery in Minsk.

Colonel, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR. He was awarded the Order of Lenin , 4 Orders of the Red Banner ^{[5] [6] [7]} , Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree ^[8] , 2 Orders of the Red Star , Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 3rd degree, medals ^{[9] [10]} .

• Pinchuk N. G. “Yaks” in the air. - Minsk: “Belarus”, 1977.

• Barsukov V.N. Wing to wing. M .: DOSAAF, 1981.
• Immortal exploits. M .: Military Publishing House, 1980.
• Vorobyov V.P., Efimov N.V. Heroes of the Soviet Union. Handbook of St. Petersburg., 2010.
• Gnezdilov F.S. At the heights of courage. Minsk: Belarus, 1987.
• Drigo S.V. Kaliningrad Prince ed., 1984.
• Zakharov G.N. I am a fighter. M .: Military Publishing House, 1985.
• Lukashin V.I. Against a common enemy. M .: Military Publishing House, 1976.
• On the verge of possible. 2nd ed., Rev. and add. M .: Limb, 1993.
• Nalivaiko B. M. The Eagle Youth of Heroes. Minsk: Belarus, 1985.
• 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. 255, 338. - 368 p. - ISBN 5-902908-02-7 .
• M. Yu. Bykov. All Asa of Stalin 1936-1953 .. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press LLC, 2014. - S. 702. - 1392 p. - (Elite Air Force Encyclopedia). - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3 .

• Nikolai Grigoryevich Pinchuk (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment December 20, 2013.
• Photos of Nikolai Pinchuk at the 18th GIAP, the website “Shelves and Airplanes”