Fomagin, Grigory Fedorovich

Grigory Fomagin was born on September 22 ( October 4 ), 1890 in the village of Antonovka ( Tetyushsky Uyezd , Kazan Province , Russian Empire ) into an Orthodox peasant family. He received his primary education at home, then graduated from four classes at Tetyushsky city school.

October 29 ( November 11 ), 1911 was called up for military service in the Russian Imperial Army . On November 15, he was enrolled in the 8th Siberian Rifle Regiment and on December 31 of the same year took the oath. On October 23 ( November 5 ), 1912 he was sent to the Aviation Officer School of the Air Fleet Department, from which he graduated on July 15 ( 28 ), 1913 . October 22 ( November 4 ), 1913 received the rank of military pilot, was a pilot of the aircraft type " Nieuport ". On June 9 ( 22 ), 1914 he was seconded to the 1st Siberian Corps Aviation Squad, and on August 1 he was finally transferred to this aviation squad. On August 10 ( 23 ), 1914 , he received the rank of junior non-commissioned officer , and the next day was removed from the regiment's lists.

September 21 ( October 4 ), 1914 received the rank of senior non-commissioned officer , and September 22, along with his air squad, was sent to the front of the First World War . On January 2 ( 15 ), 1915 , "for military distinctions," Grigory Fomagin was promoted to ensign by order of the detachment, and by May 1915, "for outstanding feats of courage and selflessness against the enemy in battles," he was a knight of all four degrees of the St. George Cross ^{[Comm. 1]} . On November 14 ( 27 ), 1915 “for military distinctions”, by order of the commander-in-chief of the armies of the Western Front, he was promoted to ensign (Highest approved March 28 ( April 10 ) 1916 ), June 20 ( July 3 ) 1917 received the rank of second lieutenant . On August 28 ( September 10 ), 1917 , he was seriously wounded during an air battle. From October 17 of the same year, he held the post of training officer at the Aviation School of the All-Russian Aero Club, and from November 6 was its head. October 28 ( November 10 ), 1917 was promoted to lieutenant .

In August 1918 he was mobilized to serve in the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Air Fleet , and was appointed to the post of chief of the 9th aviation detachment. September 7, 1919 deserted and made a flight to the location of the 6th aviation detachment of fighters of the Volunteer Army at the station of Rzhava . October 1, 1919 was excluded from the lists of the RKKVF as a defector. He entered the service in the Armed Forces of the South of Russia , on June 30, 1920, together with Lieutenant Timofey Borov, was appointed correcting the position of head of the Military Aviation School of the Russian Army .

In November 1920, he was evacuated from Crimea ; he lived in exile in Yugoslavia. He entered the aviation service of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , for some time served as the head of aviation workshops in the city of Zemun . He died after 1960 ^[3] .

Grigory Fedorovich Fomagin was awarded the following prizes ^[1] :

• St. George's Weapon (Order for the 10th Army No. 1063 dated September 5 ( 18 ), 1917 )

  - “for the fact that on July 8 ( 21 ), 1917 , having received the crucial task — to examine the enemy rear and find out whether he is regrouping troops, despite the very adverse atmospheric conditions and the superiority of the enemy’s aircraft, under strong and real fire machine guns and German artillery penetrated their rear and with complete success completed the assigned task; while being attacked by a German fighter, a bold and decisive maneuver itself launched a counterattack and forced the enemy aircraft to quickly retire to its location ” ;

• Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and bow (Order on the armies of the Western Front No. 893 of 1916)

  - “for photographing in the Krevo area on November 25 ( December 8 ), 1916 ” ;

• Order of St. Anne of the 2nd degree with swords (order for the 10th army No. 967 of August 9 ( 22 ), 1917 );
• Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree with swords and a bow (Order for the 2nd Army No. 269 of 1916)

  - “for photographing enemy positions in the Karakovichi region in March 1916” ;

• Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree with the inscription "For Courage" (Highest Order of February 7 ( 20 ), 1917 )

  - “for reconnaissance and bombing of the city of dv. Shematovism in March 1916 ” ;

• Order of St. Stanislav of the 2nd degree with swords (order for the 10th army No. 1165 of 1916)

  - “for successful correction of artillery firing” ;

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and bow (order for the army and navy of May 23 ( June 5 ), 1917 )

  - “for photographing enemy positions” ;

• 1st degree Cross of St. George No. 947 (order for the 5th Siberian Army Corps No. 311 of 1915);
• 2nd degree St. George’s Cross No. 2191 (order for the 5th Siberian Army Corps No. 283 of 1915);
• 3rd degree St. George’s Cross No. 20 829 (order for the 5th Siberian Army Corps No. 261 of 1915);
• 4th degree St. George’s Cross No. 41 152 (order for the 1st Siberian Army Corps No. 197 of 1914)

  “Because he received the order to fly through the enemy’s deep location to transfer important information to a separate detachment, he quite successfully completed this task and was subjected to strong enemy machine gun and gun fire, which significantly damaged the vehicle. Despite this, he managed to come back with an answer, having gone down with a planning descent to our location ” ;

• 4th degree St. George’s Cross No. 856 839 with a laurel branch (Order for the 10th Army No. 1072 of September 7 ( 20 ), 1917 )

  - “because on July 6 ( 19 ), 1917 , guarding the aircraft correcting the fire of our artillery, and noticing an enemy aircraft trying to attack one of our aircraft, attacked it with machine gun fire and forced it to go to its rear. Being at the same time attacked by another enemy aircraft, dodging, unexpectedly went into a tailspin, but was not at a loss, but, aligning the apparatus, attacked the enemy’s aircraft. In this battle, the apparatus received 7 holes . "

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