Viktor Timofeevich Chvanov ( November 24, 1914 - August 9, 1944 ) - Soviet soldier, participant in the Great Patriotic War . Hero of the Soviet Union ( July 22, 1944 ) [1] .
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| Date of Birth | November 24, 1914 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | pos. Samara Raditsa , Oryol Province , Russian Empire | ||||||
| Date of death | August 9, 1944 (aged 29) | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Type of army |  naval aviation | ||||||
| Years of service | 1936 - 1944 | ||||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Biography
Chvanov V. T., Russian by nationality, was born in the village of Samara-Raditsa [2] [3] now in the city of Bryansk . In 1933 he graduated from the school of FZU (now the Bryansk College of Engineering and Road Transport named after Hero of the Soviet Union M. A. Afanasyev) in the city of Bryansk with a degree in Turner [4] . He lived and worked part of the time in Moscow , in 1936 he joined the ranks of the Red Army (Navy). He studied at the naval aviation school, which he graduated in 1940. Subsequently, in 1944, he also graduated from the Higher Courses for Advanced Training of the Navy Air Force Officers [1] .
Since June 1941, being part of the army, Chvanov V.T. was the navigator of the 1st Guards mine and torpedo aviation regiment of the 8th mine and torpedo aviation division of the Baltic Fleet Air Force . Chvanov, with the rank of senior lieutenant guard and 199 sorties over his shoulders (by August 1944), participated in the sinking of six enemy transports.
July 22, 1944 Chvanov V. T. was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union [1] .
Captain V.T. Chvanov died on August 9, 1944. He was buried in St. Petersburg at the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery [1] .
Rewards
- Hero of the Soviet Union (July 22, 1944);
- Order of Lenin ;
- three orders of the Red Banner ;
- Order of the Red Star .
Memory
School 15 of the village of Raditsa-Krylovka , where Chvanov was born, is named after the Hero.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Heroes of the Soviet Union / Prev Ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M .: Military Publishing, 1988. - T. 2. Love - Yarshuk. - S. 710-711. - 863 s.
- ↑ Native Bryansk. Raditsa Krylovka .
- ↑ V.T. Chvanov’s personal card in the file cabinet of irretrievable losses in the electronic bank of documents of the OBD “Memorial” ..
- ↑ Website of BTMiAT. Our graduates are Heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation .
Literature
- Burov A.V. Your heroes, Leningrad. - L. , 1970 .-- S. 606.
- Heroes of war. - Tallinn, 1984. - S. 377-378.
- Heroes of the fiery years. Prince 7. - M. , 1984. - S. 314-319.
- Gold stars of Sverdlovsk. - Sverdlovsk, 1970 .-- S. 418.
Links
Chvanov, Victor Timofeevich . Site " Heroes of the country ".