BOYTSOV Philip Stepanovich

(genus. 17.IH.1917, der. Raslovo Viazemsky area).
In the Red Army from 1939. Graduated Balashov military pilots flying school (1941). On the Great Patriotic War of 1942. Commander of the 74-th Guards Ground Attack Air Regiment, 1 st Guards Ground Attack Air Division of the 3rd Belorussian Front. Guard Lt. B. by August 1944. made 438 night sorties. After the war he continued service in the Air Force to

care in the reserve (1954). Major B. awarded the Order of Lenin, 3 orders of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd degree, Alexander Nevsky 2 nd degree, medals. He lives in Samara.

Lit.: Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary. - M., 1987. - T. 1. - P. 180; Heroes fiery years. - M., 1976. - Kn. 2. - P. 270-275.