GUBENKO Anton

(12.II.1908, with. Chicherina now Volnovakha Donetsk region - 31.III.1939).
In the Red Army from 1927. After graduating from the Military School of Theoretical pilots in Leningrad, the pilot school in Sevastopol served in the fighter pilot, flight commander, detachment, instructor piloting technique. Participated in the war in Spain. From March to August 1938. fought in China, knocked down 5 aircraft. March 31, 1938, Mr.. made ram air. In August, 1938. Colonel D. - Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Belarusian Military District, headquartered in Smolensk. Killed on duty. He was buried in the fortress wall in the Square of Heroes Memory. Its named after a street in Smolensk. He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner.

Lit. Belyaev I.N. In the name of the Motherland, 1989.