Biography Gastello Nicholas Frantsevich
Gastello Nicholas Franzevich (23.04 (06.05) .1907 – 6.26.1941), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union (26/7/1941), captain. Member of the CPSU since 1928. Born in a working class family. After school, the military pilots participated in the battles on the river. Khalkhin Gol and the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 the squadron commander 207 aviation regiment 42 Bomber Air Division. June 26, 1941 during the bombing of enemy tank column on the road Radoshkovichi – Maladzechna Gastello the plane was broken and the gas tank on fire. Crew (lieutenants AA Budenyuk and GN Skorobogatov and Sergeant A. Kalinin), headed by Gastello not leave the plane by parachute and addressed Gastello burning car on the accumulation of tanks, vehicles and large tank for fuel that exploded along with the plane . Awarded the Order of Lenin.