Ivan Loginovich Fedorov ( January 29, 1902 , pp. Tsibulevo , Kherson province , Russian Empire - February 2, 1970 , Minsk , BSSR , USSR ) - Soviet military leader, major general of aviation (05.28.1943).
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| Date of Birth | January 29, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | from. Tsibulevo Yelisavetgradkovskaya volost, Alexandria district , Kherson province , Russian Empire [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | February 8, 1970 (68 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A place of death | Minsk , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army |  USSR Air Force | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1921 - 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Battles / wars | Baltic annexation to the USSR , Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940) , The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Military service
- 1.2 World War II
- 1.3 Post-war time
- 2 Awards
- 3 Memory
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
- 6 Literature
Biography
Born on January 29, 1902 in the village of Tsibulevo , now in the Znamensky district , Kirovograd region , Ukraine . Ukrainian [2] .
Military Service
On June 20, 1921, he voluntarily entered the Red Army and was enlisted by the Red Army in camp camp No. 3. In August, he was sent to study at the 5th Joint Infantry School in the city of Kharkov , which was then renamed the United Military School of Red Elders . In September 1924 he graduated from it and was appointed platoon commander in the 296th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division of the UVO in the city of Cherkasy [2] .
Since September 1925, he studied first at the Military Theoretical School of the Air Force of the Red Army in the city of Leningrad , and since May 1926 - at the 1st Military School for Pilots named after A.F. Myasnikov in the village of Kacha . In 1926 he joined the CPSU (b) . Upon completion of training in October 1927, he was appointed to the 43rd air squadron of the BVO Air Force in the city of Vitebsk , where he served as a junior pilot , flight commander and squadron [2] .
In November 1932 he was enrolled as a student of the KUNS at the Air Force Academy of the Red Army. professors N.E. Zhukovsky , after which in May 1933 he was appointed commander of the 4th BVO Air Force squadron detachment in the city of Bobruisk . From June 1933 to May 1934, he temporarily commanded this squadron. Since May 1934, there he commanded the 91st motorized mechanized squadron. In October 1936, Major Fedorov was appointed commander of the 46th air squadron in the city of Orsha [2] .
Since March 1936, he was enrolled as a student of the Higher Flight Tactical Courses of the Red Army Air Force in the city of Lipetsk , and upon their completion in November 1936, he was appointed commander of the 11th high-speed bomber air squadron of the BVO Air Force. On May 25, 1936, he was awarded the Order of Lenin [2] for outstanding successes in military and political training and accident-free operation.
Since November 1937, he took command of the 49th high-speed bomber air brigade. In the summer of 1939, under an agreement between the governments of the USSR and Latvia , the brigade was introduced to the Baltic states, where it became part of the Air Force of a limited contingent of Soviet troops. Fedorov, the commander of this brigade, took part in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. He personally made 17 sorties, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [2] .
On August 8, 1940, Colonel Fedorov was appointed commander of the 6th Air Division , which was part of the Air Force of the newly formed PribOVO [2] .
World War II
At the beginning of the war in the same position. The division as part of the North-Western Front Air Force participated in the border battle , bombed the enemyβs military facilities in the cities of Koenigsberg and Tilsit , its motorized units and reserves, and covered the withdrawal of the front troops to the Western Dvina River . In difficult conditions of the initial period of the war, it was necessary to conduct military operations in the conditions of the overwhelming superiority of enemy aircraft, as a result of part of the division suffered heavy losses [2] .
Since the beginning of August 1941, Colonel Fedorov temporarily served as commander of the 48th Army Air Force. Then in the same month he was transferred to the Air Force Commander of the 34th Army of the Northwest Front. Army air units supported the ground forces during defensive battles in the Novgorod direction, during the frontal counterattack near Soltsy, in September - participated in repelling the enemyβs offensive in the Demian direction [2] .
In October 1941, Fedorov was appointed head of the 14th military school of pilots . However, according to the results of the schoolβs inspection, conducted in March 1942, he was removed from office for his high accident rate and was appointed commander of the 63rd ZakVO Air Force Bomber Regiment in the city of Kirovabad [2] .
In early October 1941, the regiment left for the North Caucasus Front , where Fedorov was admitted to the post of commander of the 132nd Bomber Air Division 10 days later (from October 10). As part of the 5th Air Army of the Black Sea Group of Forces of the Transcaucasian Front, the division under his command participated in the battle for the Caucasus , Tuapse defensive and Krasnodar offensive operations. In September - October 1943, its units in the 4th Air Army of the North Caucasus Front supported the ground forces and forces of the Black Sea Fleet in the Novorossiysk-Taman offensive operation , during which the cities of Novorossiysk , Anapa , Temryuk were liberated. In April - May 1944, the division as part of the 4th Separate Air Army supported the troops of the Separate Maritime Army during the liberation of Crimea , the cities of Sevastopol and Kerch . For successful military operations during the liberation of Sevastopol, she was given the name "Sevastopol" [2] .
At the end of the Crimean offensive operation, the division was transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front , where as part of the 6th and then 16th air armies it participated in the Bobruisk and Lublin-Brest offensive operations, in the liberation of the cities of Bobruisk and Lyuboml , in the fall of 1944 it entered BVO Air Force personnel [2] .
In December 1944, the 132nd Bomber Aviation Division of the Sevastopol Division entered the 5th Bomber Air Corps of the 4th Air Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front and took part in the Mlava-Elbing , East Pomeranian and Berlin offensive operations [2] .
In the period from December 1941 to May 1945, Fedorov personally made 51 sorties on the bombing of enemy troops and targets.
During the war, Commander Fedorov was personally mentioned eight times in letters of thanks in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief [3] .
Post-war time
After the war, Major General Aviation Fedorov continued to command the 132nd Bomber Air Division. He re-equipped and retrained pilots on Tu-2 aircraft [2] .
In October 1947 he was appointed commander of the 5th Bomber Air Corps as part of the 15th Air Army [2] .
Since December 1951 he was enrolled as a student of the Higher Attestation Commission at the Higher Military Academy. K. E. Voroshilova , after which from October 1952 he was assistant commander of the 26th Air Army [2] .
In May 1957, Major General Aviation Fedorov was transferred to the reserve [2] .
Rewards
- the USSR
- two orders of Lenin (05/25/1936 [4] , 11/05/1946 [5] )
- four orders of the Red Banner (03/21/1940 [4] , 06/22/1944 [6] , 11/03/1944 [5] , 11/19/1951 [5] )
- Order of Suvorov II degree (05/29/1945) [7]
- two orders of Kutuzov II degree (08/30/1943 [4] , 07/23/1944 [8] )
- Order of the Patriotic War I degree (10/30/1943) [4]
- Order of the Red Star
medals including:
- "For the defense of the Caucasus" [9]
- βFor the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.β
- βFor the capture of Konigsbergβ
- Orders (thanks) of the Supreme Commander in which I. L. Fedorov is noted [3] .
- For the assault on the fortress and the most important naval base on the Black Sea by the city of Sevastopol. May 10, 1944 No. 111.
- For breaking through the heavily fortified German defenses on the southern border of East Prussia and taking possession of the cities of Nydenburg, Tannenberg, Jedwabno and Allendorf - important strongholds of the German defense. January 21, 1945. Number 239
- For the capture of the cities of East Prussia by Osterode and Deutsch-Eilau - important communication centers and strong strongholds of the German defense. January 22, 1945. Number 244.
- For the capture of the city of Stolp - an important junction of railways and highways and a powerful stronghold of the German defense in Northern Pomerania. March 9, 1945. Number 297
- For crossing the eastern and western Oder south of Stettin, breaking through the heavily fortified Germans' defenses on the west bank of the Oder and taking possession of the main city of Pomerania and the large seaport of Stettin, as well as occupying the cities of Gartz, Penkun, Kazekov, and Schwedt. April 26, 1945. Number 344.
- For the capture of cities and important road junctions Anklam, Friedland, Neubrandenburg, Lichen and entered the territory of the province of Mecklenburg. April 29, 1945. Number 351
- For the capture of the city of SvinemΓΌnde - a large port and naval base of the Germans on the Baltic Sea. May 5, 1945. No. 362.
- For crossing the Stralsunderfarwasser Strait, the capture of the cities of Bergen, Harz, Putbus, Sassnitz and the complete control of the island of Rugen on the island of Rugen. May 6, 1945. Number 363
- Other states
- Order of the Cross of Grunwald ( Poland )
- medal "For Odra, Nisa and the Baltic" ( NDP )
Memory
Notes
- β Now the village of Tsibulevo , Znamensky district , Kirovograd region , Ukraine
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 886-887. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- β 1 2 Orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union. Collection. M., Military Publishing, 1975.
- β 1 2 3 4 Award sheet in the electronic document bank β Feat of the People β ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682526 , d. 1593 , l. 34 ).
- β 1 2 3 Awarded in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated 04.06.1944 "On the awarding of orders and medals for the length of service in the Red Army"
- β Award sheet in the electronic document bank β Feat of the People β ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686044 , d. 4275 , l. 4 ).
- β Award sheet in the electronic document bank β Feat of the People β ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686046 , d. 202 , l. 95 ).
- β Award sheet in the electronic document bank β Feat of the People β ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 686043 , d. 92 , p. 297 ).
- β Award sheet in the electronic document bank β Feat of the People β ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 44677 , d. 602 , l. 1 ).
Links
Literature
- Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 886-887. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .