Alexander Evgenievich Rozhkov ( 1916 - 1972 ) - Soviet pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1945 ). Colonel of the Soviet Army .
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| Date of Birth | June 8, 1916 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow | ||||||||
| Date of death | June 16, 1972 (56 years old) | ||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | aviation | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1935 - 1969 | ||||||||
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| Part | 30th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment of the Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||||
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During the Great Patriotic War - deputy squadron commander of the 30th separate reconnaissance air regiment of the Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet . By September 1944, it completed 224 sorties for aerial reconnaissance and bombing of enemy ships and coastal targets, personally sunk 1 transport and 2 patrol boats, and destroyed 4 enemy aircraft.
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Biography
Born June 8, 1916 in Moscow in the family of an employee. He was brought up without a father [1] . After graduating from the seven classes of the school and the school of factory apprenticeship, he worked as a toolmaker [2] .
In 1935, Rozhkov was called up for service in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Fleet . By a special set, he entered the Yeysk Aviation School of Sea Pilots , after which in 1938 he was sent to the Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet [1] .
Since the beginning of World War II - on its fronts [2] .
By September 1944, Captain Alexander Rozhkov was deputy squadron commander of the 30th separate reconnaissance air regiment of the Black Sea Fleet Air Force. By that time, he had completed 224 sorties for aerial reconnaissance and bombing of enemy ships and coastal targets, personally sunk 1 transport and 2 patrol boats, and destroyed 4 enemy planes [2] .
Then his regiment was relocated to the airport in the Odessa region, as part of which he participated in the liberation of the entire north-western Black Sea coast - Ukraine , Romania and Bulgaria [1] .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 6, 1945, for “exemplary fulfillment of command assignments and courage and heroism shown at the same time”, Captain Alexander Rozhkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal number 5888 [2] .
After the war ended, Rozhkov continued to serve in the Air Force of the Navy as chief of staff of the aviation regiment. In 1952, he graduated from the Aviation Department of the Naval Academy. K.E. Voroshilova . In 1969, with the rank of Colonel Rozhkov, he was transferred to the reserve. He lived in Moscow [2] .
He died on June 16, 1972, was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery (section 6, there is no tombstone) [2] . According to other sources, the hero’s wife exhumed the ashes and buried in St. Petersburg [1] .
Awards and titles
- Hero of the Soviet Union (March 6, 1945, Gold Star medal No. 5888);
- Order of Lenin (March 6, 1945);
- three orders of the Red Banner ;
- Order of Alexander Nevsky ;
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree ;
- Order of the Red Star ;
- medals [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 The graves of Heroes of the Soviet Union wanted . Kazan cemetery (10/07/2013). Date of treatment June 17, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rozhkov, Alexander Evgenievich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - S. 363. - 863 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Marine biographical dictionary. SPb. , 2000 .-- S. 332.
- Varganov Yu. V. Rozhkov Aleksandr Evgenievich // Fatherland faithful sons. Graduates and teachers of the Naval Academy are Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of Socialist Labor and Heroes of the Russian Federation. Biographical reference . - SPb. : NPP Sistema, 2007. - 468 p. - 990 copies.
- Heroes of the fiery years. Book 4. M.: Moscow Worker, 1980. - S. 390-396.
- Heroes of the Soviet Union Navy. 1937-1945. - M .: Military Publishing, 1977 .-- S. 411.
- Varganov Yu. V. and other Naval Academy in the service of the Fatherland. Mozhaysk, 2001 .-- S. 110.
- Naval Academy. 2nd ed., Rev. and add. L. , 1991 .-- S. 315.
Links
- Alexander Rozhkov. Rozhkov Alexander Evgenievich. Immortal regiment.