Biography Slepneva Mauritius Trofimo
Slepnev Mauritius Trofimovich (15 (27) .06.1896 – 12.19.1965), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union (20/4/1934), Colonel. A member of the Communist Party since 1934. Graduate School of Ensigns (1915), Gatchina flying school (1917), 1-st High School of Military Pilots (1923), the Academy of Air Fleet. Zhukovsky (1936), refresher courses at the Academy of Staff (1941). Participant 1 st World War II 1914 – 1918, Captain. During the Civil War 1918 – 1920 military engineer Chapayev the 25 th Infantry Division. Since 1925, pilot GVF participant develop air routes in Central Asia, the Far East and in the Arctic. In 1934 took part in rescuing the crew of the icebreaker Cheliuskin. Since 1936 deputy, and in 1937 – 1939 – Head of the Inspectorate GVF, while in 1937 the commander of a squadron of airships. Since 1939 Head of the Academy of GVF. During the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945 Deputy. Air Force Commander Air Force Brigade, the Black Sea Fleet (1941 – 1942), then worked in the Navy and Air Force at the General Staff of the Navy. Since September 1946, retired. Member of USSR Central Executive Committee (1935 – 1938). He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Crescent Society of the Tajik SSR and medals.