Vasily Stepanovich Polzunov ( 1919 , the village of Matyshevo - 1991 , Minsk ) - commander of the ship of the Belarusian Civil Aviation Administration of the USSR Ministry of Civil Aviation, mountains. Minsk, Belorussian SSR. Hero of Socialist Labor (1974). Honored Pilot of the USSR.
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| Date of Birth | 1919 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Matyshevo | ||||||||
| Date of death | 1991 | ||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 notes
- 4 Sources
Biography
Born in 1919 into a peasant family in the village of Matyshevo (today - Rudnyansky district , Volgograd region ).
He graduated from the Tambov Flight School (1938). During World War II he served as part of the 105th Guards Panevezys Aviation Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet. He participated in the delivery of goods to the Belarusian partisan detachments and Operation Zvyozdochka , during which 154 pupils and 38 employees of Polotsk Orphanage No. 1 were evacuated from the occupation zone behind the front line [1] . [2] . For these feats he was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Battle.
After the war, he worked as an aircraft commander, flight manager at the Minsk-1 airport. Participated in the development of TU-124 . Raised 25 aircraft commanders.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 16, 1974, he was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal " Hammer and Sickle . "
He died in 1991.
- Memory
In 2015, a memorial plaque in his honor was erected on house number 8 on Korotkevich Street, where Vasily Polzunov lived. [3]
Rewards
- The order of Lenin
- Order of the Fighting Red Banner - twice
- Order of the Patriotic War of 1 and 2 degrees
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor
- Order of the Badge of Honor
Notes
- ↑ A memorial plaque was erected in Minsk in honor of the pilot V. Polzunov, who saved children from the orphanage during WWII
- ↑ Flights to immortality. The exploits of civil pilots since the Second World War
- ↑ A memorial plaque was erected in Minsk in honor of the pilot V. Polzunov, who saved children from the orphanage during WWII
Sources
- N. Inin, In the sky - his work //, Labor, talent, valor .: In 2 hours Part 2 / [Comp. E. E. Pavlyuts, B. I. Sushkevich, V. V. Sharpilo]. - Minsk: Belarus, 1981., pp. 134-138
- Plaque to V. Polzunov // Museum of Aviation Engineering - Borovaya