Khudyakov, Nikolay Vasilievich

Khudyakov Nikolay Vasilievich was born on July 20, 1913 in the city of Tula in a working class family. He graduated from 7 classes of secondary school No. 10, after graduation he studied at the school FZU cartridge plant. At the end of school, FZU worked as a locksmith, then as a foreman of locksmiths at a cartridge factory. He studied at the flying club Osoaviahima .

In 1932, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army , sent to study at the Yeisk Naval Aviation School of Pilots , which he graduated in 1933 . He served in the air brigade under the command of J. V. Smushkevich . Member of the CPSU (b) since 1943 ^[1] .

During the war

He met the Great Patriotic War on June 22, 1941 ^[1] with the rank of lieutenant as a pilot in the 66th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 15th Mixed Aviation Division , based in Kurovichi, Lviv Region, Kiev Military District . The regiment was armed with 58 I-15 bis aircraft, as well as 5 Il-2 aircraft, which had only arrived at the regiment and had not yet been mastered by pilots.

On June 22, 1941, as a result of the first enemy air raid on the Kurovichi airfield, 36 regiment planes were disabled. By the end of the day, only 24 I-15 bis and 3 Il-2 aircraft remained in the regiment. In early July, the remnants of the regiments that were part of the 15th mixed aviation division (23rd IAP, 62nd Chap, 66th Chap, 89th IAP) were informally reduced to one regiment, the basis of which consisted of airplanes and pilots 66th assault aviation regiment .

The combined regiment participated in the defense of Kiev , having fought until September 1941. Khudyakov flew an I-15 bis. In carrying out the task of assaulting enemy troops, he personally destroyed the crossing near the company of enemy soldiers. There is a known case when Lieutenant Khudyakov in the battles near Kiev with the landing gear of his plane trying to crush the Wehrmacht soldier. In mid-September 1941, senior lieutenant Khudyakov N.V., along with other pilots of the regiment, left for reformation to the rear in the region of the city of Balashov . During the reorganization, senior lieutenant Khudyakov retrained for the Yak-1 fighter and in April 1942 ^[2] was sent to the 581st fighter aviation regiment , which he fought until February 1943. From February to May 1943 - as part of the 91st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 256th Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Fighter Aviation Corps . He flew on the Yak-7B and Yak-9 aircraft . In one of the battles, the plane was shot down. Khudyakov went on an emergency landing. In such cases, the instructions provided for landing not on wheels, but on the fuselage, which always led to great damage to the machine. Khudyakov, at risk for himself, sat down with the chassis released. The risk did not materialize: the plane, having landed in a hole overgrown with grass, turned over. Nikolai Vasilievich was severely punished. Therefore, he went for a long time in the rank of lieutenant. On August 26, 1942, Khudyakov was convicted by a military tribunal. In September 1943, the pilot was "released from punishment" and was considered "not having a criminal record." He continued to fight in the 256th Fighter Aviation Division as a squadron commander of the 728th Fighter Aviation Regiment ^[1] , deputy squadron commander of the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment ^[3] from January 1944. Since August 1944, he has been the assistant commander of the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment for the air and rifle service. During this period, he trained 15 new arrivals of young pilots in the art of air combat ^[4] .

By the time of submission ^[4] to the title Hero of the Soviet Union, captain Khudyakov completed 308 sorties, of which I-15 bis ^[4] completed 92 sorties, 321 hours flew by Yak-7B and Yak-9 ^[3] , completed 216 sorties, of which:

• for escorting attack aircraft and bombers - 114 sorties,
• 73 flights to cover the battle formations of ground forces and crossings when crossing the Dnieper , Bug , Dniester and Oder rivers ,
• for attacking enemy troops - 41 sorties,
• for air reconnaissance - 16 sorties,
• “ free hunting ” - 6 sorties,
• other sorties - 57.

According to the data from the award sheet for conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on March 18, 1945, Captain Khudyakov conducted 65 ^[4] air battles in which he personally shot down 19 enemy aircraft, of which:

In total, during the war, he flew about 460 sorties, carried out dozens of attacks, shot down 20 enemy aircraft personally and 70 in 3 air battles, and 3 in the group, according to award documents, and according to research by M. Yu. Bykov, he gained 18 personal victories ^[5] .

For courage and military valor shown in battles with enemies, the assistant commander of the 32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment for the Air Rifle Service ( 256th Fighter Aviation Division , 5th Fighter Aviation Corps , 2nd Air Army , 1st Ukrainian Front ) Captain N.V. Khudyakov By the Decree of the Supreme Council of the USSR on June 27, 1945 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. During the war:

Participation in the fronts, operations and battles

Khudyakov Nikolay Vasilievich fought on:

• Southwestern Front ;
• Kalinin Front ;
• Steppe front ;
• Voronezh Front ;
• 1st Ukrainian Front .

He participated in operations and battles:

• Battle of Kursk - from July 9, 1943 to July 12, 1943;
• The Smolensk operation ^[6] - from August 7, 1943 to October 2, 1943;
• Belgorod-Kharkov operation - from August 3, 1943 to August 23, 1943:
• Chernihiv-Pripyat operation - from August 26, 1943 to September 30, 1943;
• Kiev offensive operation ^[6] - from November 3, 1943 to December 22, 1943;
• Kiev defensive operation ^[6] - from November 13, 1943 to December 23, 1943;
• Zhytomyr-Berdychiv operation ^[6] - from December 24, 1943 to January 14, 1944;
• Korsun-Shevchenkovskaya operation ^[6] - from January 24, 1944 to February 17, 1944;
• Rivne-Lutsk operation ^[6] - from January 27, 1944 to February 11, 1945;
• Proskurovsky-Chernivtsi offensive operation ^[6] - from March 4, 1944 to April 17, 1944;
• Lviv-Sandomierz operation ^[6] - from July 13, 1944 to August 29, 1944;
• East Carpathian operation ^[6] - from September 8, 1944 to October 28, 1944;
• Carpathian-Duklinskaya operation ^[6] - from September 8, 1944 to October 28, 1944;
• Sandomierz-Silesian operation ^[6] - from January 12, 1945 to February 23, 1945;
• Lower Silesian offensive operation ^[6] - from February 8, 1945 to February 24, 1945;
• Upper Silesian offensive operation ^[6] - from March 15, 1945 to March 31, 1945;
• Berlin offensive operation ^[6] - from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945;
• Prague operation - from May 6, 1945 to May 11, 1945.

Aerial wins

• Aerial victories are given in accordance with the data of M. Yu. Bykov ^[2] .

Total shot down - 23, of which personally - 20

After the war

At the end of the war, Captain Khudyakov Nikolai Vasilievich continued to serve in the Air Force . In the rank of Major N.V. Khudyakov retired to the reserve. He lived in Moscow . He worked as the head of the economy at the Moscow stadium "Youth". He died on March 29, 1996. He was buried at the Mitinsky cemetery in Moscow.

• The Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union (No. 7543, 06/27/1945) ^[4] ;
• Order of Lenin (06/27/1945) ^[4] ;
• Order of the Red Banner (10.22.1943) ^[1] ;
• Order of the Red Banner (06/19/1944) ^[3] ;
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (1944);
• Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (03/11/1985) ^[7] ;
• medal "For Military Merit" (11/03/1944);
• medals.

• 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 .
• Bykov M. Yu. Soviet aces 1941-1945. Victories of the Stalinist Falcons. - M .: Yauza, Eksmo, 2008 .-- S. 532. - 608 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-30919-1 .

Khudyakov, Nikolai Vasilievich (Russian) . Site " Heroes of the country ".

• The ace page on the Red Falcons website .