Boris Pavlovich Trifonov (April 28, 1915 - April 29, 1974) - Soviet soldier, participant of the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union , commander of the 58th high-speed bomber aviation regiment of the 55th high-speed bomber aviation brigade of the 7th Army of the North-Western Front, senior lieutenant.
| Boris Pavlovich Trifonov | |||||||
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| Date of Birth | April 28, 1915 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||
| Date of death | April 29, 1974 (aged 59) | ||||||
| A place of death | Vinnitsa | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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Biography
Born April 28, 1915 in the city of Nizhny Novgorod in a working class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1941. He graduated from the Gorky Industrial and Economic College. He worked as a planner at a car factory.
In 1934, drafted into the ranks of the Red Army . In 1937 he graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation Pilot School. He participated in the liberation campaign of Soviet troops in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus in 1939. Member of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940.
The commander of the 58th high-speed bomber aviation regiment senior lieutenant B.P. Trifonov by February 1940 made 45 sorties in the areas of Helsinki, Vyborg, Kegsholm. In December 1939, he participated in a bold raid on the Finnish naval base on the Kotka Peninsula.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 21, 1940, for the exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism shown to this, the senior lieutenant Trifonov Boris Pavlovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal .
In the battles of World War II from June 1941. He was a squadron commander. He made 123 sorties on a diving bomber Pe-2. In 1941, he destroyed the Finnish power station on the Vuoksa River.
During one of the sorties in the Gatchina region, he was hit, on a burning plane he was pulled over the front line and at a thirty-meter height he parachuted. Woke up after a few hours in the medical battalion.
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Then he was sent to study at the Air Force Academy, after which he was appointed chief of staff of the 1st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Czechoslovak Army, with whom he ended the war near Prague. Later he was awarded the title of Honorary Pilot of Czechoslovakia.
After the war he continued his service in the Air Force. Since 1959, Lt. Col. B.P. Trifonov - in stock.
He lived in the city of Vinnitsa. He died on April 29, 1974. He was buried in the Central cemetery in Vinnitsa.
He was awarded two orders of Lenin , orders of the Red Banner , World War II degree, the Red Star , and medals.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- For the Fatherland, Freedom and Honor Book 5. Gorky, 1978.
- Tulnikov L.K., Basovich Ya. I. Heroes of the Soviet Union - Gorky. Gorky, 1981.
Links
Boris Pavlovich Trifonov . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment June 7, 2014.