Nadezhdin, Vadim Mikhailovich

Vadim Nadezhdin was born on March 19, 1887 in the Tauride province in an Orthodox family of hereditary honorary citizens. His father was a military man, had the rank of captain ^[1] .

In 1905 he graduated from the 1st Moscow Cadet Corps and entered as a cadet at the Elizavetgrad Cavalry School , from which he was graduated on June 14, 1907 with production as cornet and assigned to the 33rd Dragoon Izyum Regiment (from December 1907 - the 11th Hussars) . September 1, 1910 was promoted to lieutenant , with seniority from March 24, 1910 ^[2] , and on March 10, 1911 he was appointed correcting the position of chief of regimental machine gun team. He studied at the Theoretical Aviation Courses named after V.V. Zakharov at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute. March 23, 1913 he was sent to the Air Fleet Department and on May 31 of the same year he graduated from the Aviation Officer School, with the assignment of the rank of military pilot. December 17, returned to his regiment and took the post of junior officer in the 6th squadron ^{[1] [3]} .

After the outbreak of World War I, he was sent on August 29, 1914 to the 11th corps aviation detachment, and on September 10 of the same year he was promoted to staff captain , with seniority from March 24, 1914 ^[4] . Since November 6, 1915 he served in the 20th Corps Aviation Unit. On December 25, 1915, he was appointed the head of the 31st corps aviation detachment, and on September 30, 1916, he was appointed the head of the 12th aviation fighter detachment. For insulting drunken insults at the Lutsk station to the military judge of the Kiev Military District Court, Major General Grechko and the prosecutor of the same court, Lt. Col. Yasnogursky , by order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Southwestern Front Armies dated November 8, 1916 No. 1848, he was betrayed to the Kiev Military District Court and 20 January 1917 was sentenced to two months imprisonment in the fortress, with a delay in the execution of sentences until the end of the war. In December 1916, he was dismissed from the post of commander of the detachment with a return to his former duty station - in the 11th Hussar Izyum regiment. Later he was seconded to the 3rd aeronautical division ^[1] .

On September 16, 1918, as part of a group of pilots under the command of Captain Rudnev, he hijacked aircraft from the Odessa airfield, which was under the control of the Austro-Hungarian forces. After flying to Yekaterinodar, he joined the Volunteer Army . On November 1, he was enrolled in the Aviation Park of the Volunteer Army, later assigned to the 3rd Aviation Unit. In May 1919, he was temporarily correcting the position of the 1st Aviation General Alekseev of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia . Then he was appointed commander of the 3rd aviation detachment of the Armed forces of the South of Russia. May 24 sent to the head of the Marine Air Force. On April 28, 1920, he was transferred to the reserve of pilots, and on May 25 of the same year, “for military distinctions,” he was promoted to colonel . On August 9, 1920, he was assigned to the 8th aviation detachment. After the defeat of the Russian army, Wrangel was evacuated to Gallipoli , where he was enrolled in the 2nd company of the Air Battalion of the Technical Regiment. He emigrated to Yugoslavia , and then to Germany . With the help of colleagues moved to the United States of America . He lived in San Francisco in the House for the Elderly Warriors, where he died on April 26, 1958 ^{[1] [5]} .

He was married to Maria Alexandrovna ^[3] .

Vadim Mikhailovich Nadezhdin was awarded the following prizes ^[1] :

• Order of St. George 4th degree (Highest order of August 26, 1916)

  - “because, being a military pilot of the 11th corps aviation detachment, on March 20, 1915, under actual rifle and artillery fire, despite the engine knocked out by this fire, continuing reconnaissance, penetrated the enemy rear, found out the trenches from from. Lepevshche, ahead of Voynichi metro station and from the edge of the Radlovsky forest, precisely determined the location of the enemy battery near metro station Dvudnyaki, delivered information about the movement and number of rolling stock on the railway, and about the grouping and movement of convoys. During this reconnaissance near Brzesko, 20 versts behind enemy lines, at an altitude of 1400 m, the vehicle came under the well-aimed fire of a car gun, one of which shots broke a valve of one of the cylinders and a motor; while continuing to operate on six cylinders, the engine with a broken rod broke its installation, as a result of which it could come off every minute, head-captain Nadezhdin, seeing a clear danger of further search, nevertheless decided to continue the flight, hoping to somehow get to his own. Flying over the enemy’s position at an altitude of 800 m, the device was again subjected to heavy shelling, which was clearly observed from our positions of the 9th building and from the airfield. Thanks to selfless courage, resourcefulness, courage and contempt for obvious danger, valuable information about the enemy was delivered, the apparatus was saved and the observer was safely delivered ” ;

• St. George's Arms (Highest Order of January 24, 1917)

  - “for the fact that, having been seconded to the 11th airborne squadron and operating an airplane during air reconnaissance on November 14, 1914, with exceptional difficulty and danger, it made its way through a continuous cloud that prevented not only orientation, but also keeping apparatus in equilibrium, under strong gunfire; penetrated the deep rear of the enemy and enabled the observer to obtain important data; 1) on the grouping and retreat of large forces on both banks of the river. Vistula, 2) on the absence of large forces in the area of ​​d Nepolomice, 3) on the existence of a fortified forward position along the line of the river. Kostelnichke. This information, delivered in a timely manner, made it possible to make arrangements that resulted in mastery of the nearest fort area ” ;

• Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with swords and bow (Highest order of May 15, 1915);
• Order of St. Anne of the 3rd degree with swords and bow (Highest Order of April 22, 1916);
• Order of St. Anne of the 4th degree with the inscription "For Courage" (Highest Order of January 25, 1915);
• Order of St. Stanislav 2nd degree with swords (Highest Order of February 15, 1915)

  - “for the battle near Kamenka on August 14, 1914” ;

• Order of St. Stanislav 3rd degree with swords and bow (Highest order of April 22, 1916).

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