Chief Marshals and Marshals of Branches During The Great Patriotic War.

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The below list identifies all Soviet officers promoted to the rank of Chief Marshal of Aviation or Marshal of Aviation during World War II. All told, there were two Chief Marshals of Aviation and six Marshals of Aviation by war's end.

Chief Marshal of Aviation

A. A. Novikov - Commander, Soviet Air Forces (Date of Rank (DOR): 21 FEB 44. His DOR as Marshall of Aviation was 17 MAR 43)

A. Ye. Golovanov - Commander, Long-Range Aviation Forces (DOR: 19 AUG 44. His DOR as Marshall of Aviation was 3 AUG 43)

Marshal of Aviation

F. A. Astakhov - During the Great Patriotic War served as Chief, Main Directorate, Civil Air Fleet (DOR: 19 AUG 44)

G. A. Vorozheykin - Deputy Commander, Soviet Air Forces (DOR: 19 AUG 1944)

N.S. Skripko - Deputy Commander, Long-Range Aviation Forces (DOR: 19 AUG 44)

F. Ya. Falaleev - Deputy Commander, Soviet Air Forces (DOR: 19 AUG 44)

S. A. Khudyakov (aka A. A. Khanferyants) - Deputy Commander, Soviet Air Forces and later Commander, 12th Air Army during combat operations against the Japanese in August 1945 (DOR: 19 AUG 44)

S. F. Zhavoronkov - Commanded Soviet Naval Aviation from 1938-1946 (DOR: 25 SEP 44)

Based on comparing photo images, my best guess is that the Marshal of Aviation seen standing next to MSU Meretskov in the Karelian Front Victory Parade formation on Red Square (see the photo in the book "Parad Pobedy") is either Marshal of Aviation S. A. Khudyakov or N.S. Skripko.

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