Kotelnikov Mikhail Vasilievich ( May 8, 1904 - May 9, 1953 ) - military pilot , test pilot , military leader, participant in the Soviet-Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars, at the latter he commanded 8 Lvov assault aviation corps , major general of aviation .
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| Date of Birth | May 8, 1904 | |||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moscow | |||||||||||
| Date of death | May 9, 1953 (49 years old) | |||||||||||
| A place of death | Moscow | |||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||
| Type of army |  Air Force | |||||||||||
| Years of service | 1922 - 1946 | |||||||||||
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| Commanded | 8th Lviv Assault Aviation Corps | |||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Soviet-Finnish War The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||
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| Retired | first head of the School of test pilots at the Flight Research Institute of the MAP USSR (1947-1953) | |||||||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Early years
- 3 Military career
- 3.1 Education
- 3.2 Service and participation in hostilities
- 3.3 After resignation
- 4 Awards
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
- 7 Notes
Biography
The early years
Kotelnikov Mikhail Vasilievich was born on May 8, 1904 in Moscow . He does not remember his father, his mother died early, a pupil of the Iskra children's colony [1] . Studied at the Moscow Mining Academy (did not graduate) [1]
Military career
Education
Since October 1922 in the Red Army , a member of the CPSU (b) since 1931 . He studied at several military schools:
- Moscow Higher Aerial Photogrammetric School (1 course in 1924) [2]
- Kiev Military School of the Air Force (1924) [2]
- Leningrad Military Theoretical School for Pilots of the Air Force of the Red Army (1924) [2]
- 1st military school of pilots named after A. F. Myasnikov (1926) [2]
- Serpukhov School of Air Combat (1927) [2]
Service and participation in hostilities
Upon completion of training, he was appointed to a flight position. He went from a junior pilot to a squadron commander in the Leningrad Military District . For the excellent work of the squadron, he was awarded the Order of Lenin [1] . In May 1938, he was appointed commander of the aviation brigade [2] .
From this position he transferred to the post of test pilot of plant No. 22 (May 1939). During the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. voluntarily went as an ordinary pilot into the 9th separate long-range reconnaissance squadron of the 9th Army Air Force, then became the commander of this squadron. At the end of hostilities, he was again placed at the disposal of the People’s Commissariat of the Aviation Industry as a test pilot at Plant No. 22, where he tested serial SB and Pe-2 bombers.
From the beginning of World War II he was appointed commander of the 571st Assault Aviation Regiment of the 1st Spare Aviation Brigade, and prepared flight crews for the Air Force of the Western Front. In June 1942, he was deputy commander, and since February 1943, he was commander of the 224th assault aviation division . In 1942 he was shot down and wounded, but he managed to draw the front line and get into our cavalry unit, and from there on horseback he was taken to the location of his unit [1] . The 224th assault aviation division participated in the Rzhev-Sychev, Rzhev-Vyazem and Orel offensive operations , after which in August 1943 it became part of the Moscow military district.
In August 1944, he was awarded the rank of Major General of Aviation . In January 1945 he was appointed commander of the 8th assault aviation corps , which participated in battles and operations:
- Lviv-Sandomierz operation [2] from July 13, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
- East Carpathian operation [2] from September 8, 1944 to October 28, 1944.
- The Western Carpathian operation [2] from January 12, 1945 to February 18, 1945.
- Moravian-Ostrava operation [2] from March 10, 1945 to May 5, 1945.
- Prague operation [2] from May 5, 1945 to May 12, 1945.
Since April 1945 - at the disposal of the Air Force commander of the Red Army. By February 1945, Major General Aviation Kotelnikov Mikhail Vasilievich completed 7 successful sorties on the Il-2 attack aircraft [3] .
After resignation
In October 1946, M.V. Kotelnikov, the medical commission was written off from flight work due to illness and received II disability group. On October 10, 1946, he was transferred to the reserve.
He participated in the creation of a national school of pilots, navigators and leading test engineers. In 1947, the School of test pilots was formed at the MAP of the USSR on the basis of the Flight Research Institute . At the suggestion of Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov, he was appointed to the post of her boss and worked in this position until his death.
He died on May 9, 1953 in Moscow.
Rewards
- Order of Lenin (1936)
- Order of the Red Banner (1940) [4]
- Order of the Red Banner [5] (06/14/1944)
- Order of the Red Banner (1944)
- Order of Suvorov 2 degrees [3] (05.21.1945)
- Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree [4] (08/12/1943)
- Order of the Red Star
- medals
- Order of the White Lion
- Czechoslovak Military Cross
Literature
- Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 393-394. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
- Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 614-615. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- Zalessky K.A. World War II. 1941-1945. Big biographical encyclopedia. - M .: AST , 2013 .-- 829 p. - ISBN 978-5-17-078426-4 .
- “A Handbook on the Liberation of Cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” / M. L. Dudarenko, Yu. G. Pereshnov, V. T. Eliseev, etc. - M.: Military Publishing House, 1985. - 598 p .
- Collection "SHLI with Time" / Zhukovsky, 1999 /
- Springboard for take-off / A. Andryushkov, Vestnik Aviation and Cosmonautics No. 2 2001 /
Links
- Kotelnikov Mikhail Vasilievich (Russian) , Testers (May 12, 2013). Date of appeal June 16, 2018.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 National Museum of Aviation. Heroes of the sky
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 393-394. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
- ↑ 1 2 Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces. Award sheet = Presentation for awarding the Order of Suvorov, II degree // Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation : Decree of 05.21.1945. - TsAMO Archive, 1945. - V. 33 , issue. 686046 , No. 46773432 . - S. 154 .
- ↑ 1 2 Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Award sheet = Presentation for awarding the Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree // Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation : Order No. 799 of 08/12/1943 / Military Council of the Western Front. - TsAMO archive: units Storage 456, 1943. - T. 33 , no. 686044 , No. 17554551 . - S. 12 .
- ↑ Supreme Council of the USSR. Award sheet. Order of the Red Banner = Presentation for awarding // Military Council 1547: Order No. 75 / n of 06/14/1944 / Military Council of the 1st Ukrainian Front. - TsAMO Archive: Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 1944. - V. 33 , no. 690155 , No. 31986854 . - S. 28 .
- ↑ Electronic version. Handbook on the liberation of cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / M. L. Dudarenko, Yu. G. Perenich, V. T. Eliseev and others. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1985. - 598 pp.