Gromov, Mikhail (12 (24) .02.1899), Colonel-General (1944), Hero of the Soviet Union (28.9. 1934), Distinguished Pilot USSR, Professor (1937). Tsp. CPSU since 1941. Born in a family physician. He graduated from the theoretical courses it. Zhukovsky at the Higher Technical School (1917). Since 1918 in the Soviet Army, he graduated from Pilot School (1918) and participated in the Civil War on the Eastern Front. After the war he was an instructor-pilot and test pilot. In 1934, for establishing a world distance record for a closed curve at a distance of over 12 thousand km was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. In 1937, together with AB Yumashev and SA Danilin flew Moscow – North Pole – the United States. In 1940 – 1941 Chief of Flight Research Institute.
Machin Michael G. (09/21/1907 – 02/07/1995) – fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), lieutenant general aviation. In aviation in 1933 Fought in China and Hassan. Member of the Great Patriotic War from February 1942, he commanded five James. The war ended in Berlin. After the war until 1971, served in command positions in the Air Force. Machín, Michael G. (21.9.1907-7.2.1995). Guards Air Force Major General, commander of the 5 th Guards Fighter Lvov of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1 st degree hull.
Grigoriev, Ivan Ivanovich (1922 – 05/08/1945) – ground-attack pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Guard lieutenant. Member of the Great Patriotic War in June 1943 fought in the 1993 GV. Shap, was commander of the squadron. He flew 155 combat sorties to attack in 31 dogfight shot down five enemy aircraft. He died in battle. The bust is set in Novoaltajsk.
Golchin Ivan Konstantinovich (17/10/1918 – 07/03/1979) – ground-attack pilot, Hero of Soviet Union (1945), Guard Captain. Member of the Great Patriotic War from December 1942 fought in the 140 Guards. Shap, was commander of the squadron. He flew 106 combat sorties to attack and bomb, knocked himself 4 and a group of 12 enemy aircraft. After the war until 1947 he served in the Air Force.
Gorbunov, Nikolai Ivanovich (01.15.1918 – 05.19.1944) – a fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1944), Captain. Member of the Great Patriotic War in April 1943 fought in the 1931 IAP, was commander of the squadron. He flew 196 combat sorties, 40 aircraft shot down himself fighting 15 enemy aircraft. He died at a combat mission.
Balyasnikov Alexei Ivanovich (02.04.1920 – 04.03.1986) – a fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Guard Captain. Member of the Great Patriotic War in June 1941 fought in the 181 Guards. IAP, was commander of the squadron. By October of 1944 made 580 sorties in 145 air battles personally shot down 16 and a group of 5 planes, 8 balloons-spotters. After the war he worked as a pilot in the system of hydrometeorological and GVF. Then there was the deputy. Director Malin Forestry College (Zhytomyr Region).. Balyasnikov, Aleksei Ivanovich (4.2.1920-4.3.1986). Wing Commander 181 th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (15 th Guards Fighter Air Division, 10 th Fighter Aviation Corps, 8 th Air Force, 4-th Ukrainian Front), Guard Captain. Born Feb. 4, 1920 in the village Novikovo now Staroyurevskogo district of Tambov region into a peasant family. Member of the CPSU since 1951. Russian. He graduated from junior high school and school riverine factory school. He worked with the steering wheel passenger ship the Moscow River Shipping Company. In the Red Army in 1939. He graduated from the 2 nd Sts Red Banner Military Aviation Pilot School name VPChkalov in 1939. Member of the Great Patriotic War from June 1941. Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" Alexei Ivanovich Balyasnikovu awarded on Feb. 23, 1945 for 580 sorties, 145 combat aircraft, 16 personal and 5 in the group shot down enemy aircraft and destroyed eight balloon-spotters. One of the best scouts fighter Guard Captain Alex Balyasnikov, by the end of the war has made 620 sorties (507 of them – to explore), conducted 148 air battles, which shot down 28 aircraft in person and 8 in the group with his friends.
Lyadskaya Timofei Sergeevich (02.28.1913 – 03.19.1995) – a squadron commander of 90-th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 4 th Guards Ground Attack Air Division, 5 th Air Corps Attack 2 Air Army 1-st Ukrainian Front, Guard Captain.
Born February 28, 1913 at the station Dolinskaya, now in the city Dolinsk Kirovograd region of Ukraine, in a working class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (B) / Communist Party since 1943. Since 1927 he lived in the city of Donetsk region Tores. In 1929 he graduated from junior high school, and in 1931 –
school, factory school. He worked as a draftsman at the Kirov plant in Leningrad.
In the Red Army in 1935. In 1939 he graduated from the Engels military aviation school pilots.
Galkin, Mikhail Petrovich (02/12/1917 – 21/07/1942) – fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1942), lieutenant. Participated in the Great Patriotic War fought in June 1941 with 4 PAI, was flight commander. By August 1941 carried out 58 armed sorties, 18 air battles personally shot down five enemy aircraft. He died in an unequal battle near Leningrad.
Kovalev, Benedict E. (27/03/1915 – 12/14/1941) – fighter-pilot hero of the Soviet Union (1942, posthumous), Lieutenant. Participated in the Great Patriotic War in June 1941 fought an 11-IAP defense was flight commander. December 14, 1941 during a ground attack in the area of railway Art. Rumyantsevo, Moscow region. sent a burning plane on the AA battery of the enemy and killed.
Mikryukov Vitaly (25/10/1923 – 04/04/1945) – fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Captain. Participated in the Great Patriotic War in June 1943 fought in the 897 IAP, was the commander of Squadron. He flew 226 combat sorties, 34 aircraft shot down 16 aircraft fighting the enemy. He died from his wounds. The monument he installed on the Walk of Fame in Odessa.