(9. 10. 1910 - 22. 10. 1976)
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H ovozhilov Ivan assistant commander of the 13th Fighter Air Regiment of the air-rifle Service (201 th Fighter Division, . 2 nd Mixed Air Corps, . 8-th Air Army, . Southern Front) Captain,
. Born Oct. 9, 1910 in the village of Tor now Cherepovets Vologda region in a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1949. Graduated high school 5. He worked as a mechanic at the plant Б• Б•? Red Putilovets in Leningrad. In the Red Army in 1931. In 1932 he graduated from the Leningrad military theory aviation school in 1934 - the 3rd Orenburg Air Force Pilot School and the pilots of the observer of. Voroshilov.
. In Private World War II from June 1941.
. W tion of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" Ivan Vasilievich Novozhilov awarded on Aug. 24, 1943 for 13 personal and 7 in the group shot down enemy planes, . and for the excellent preparations for the aerial shooting pilots Regiment, . shot down 160 enemy planes.,
. He fought until the end of the war
. The war ended in Prague. All made more than 300 combat missions, shot down a person 17 and in group 7 aircraft.
Since 1945, the Major Novozhilov - in stock. Lived in Moscow. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, 2 orders of the Red Banner, Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree, medals. His name Pioneer detachments were boarding schools and schools Б•ї 1 Б•ї 18 Cherepovets.
. In action on Oct. 22, 1976.
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Biography provided by AE Melnikov
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. Sources:
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1) Boykov rm. On the main directions. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1984.
2) Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary. V.2. M.: Voeniz.1988.
3) Gold Stars Vologda. - Arkhangelsk, 1985.
