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Old 09-15-2007, 01:07 PM   #121
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He became a HSU on 29 June 45.
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Old 09-15-2007, 01:14 PM   #122
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why Colonel-General of Naval Aviation Samokhin, Head of the Baltic Fleet air arm, was made an HSU in 1945.
For the capable leadership of Air Force units and displaying personal courage and bravery.
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Old 07-16-2008, 03:04 PM   #123
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HSU Colonel-General Proshliakov

Can someone who has the HSU Books look up this Colonel-General of Engineering (later a Marshal of Engineering), Proshliakov (Proshlyakov)...I think he was made a HSU in 1945, but am not sure. I am looking for the date he was made a HSU and why (though I think it might be a generalized reason, though it might be for leading the crossing of the Dnieper?)
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Old 07-16-2008, 03:49 PM   #124
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Re: HSU Colonel-General Proshliakov

The title was awarded on 29 May 1945 "for succesfull decision-making in the missions of the front's engineer troops in the Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations". My Russian to Dutch to English translation might be a little rusty though.

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Old 08-14-2008, 10:48 AM   #125
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HSU V.G. Grachev

A long shot, but I am looking for any information (other than what is in the HSU book) or any photos of Viktor G. GRACHEV, HSU August 18, 1945.

He served in (and later commanded) the 2nd Special Aviation Division (also looking for info. on this unit!) and was the pilot who flew Stalin to the Tehran conference.

He was made a HSU for operations in support of the partisans.

If anyone has anything, let me know, thanks.

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Old 08-14-2008, 11:02 AM   #126
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Air and Space Magazine

Here is a bit from Air and Space Magazine, though they get his first initial wrong:

"Stalin himself was afraid to fly. In fact, he preferred not to travel at all, and when he did, it was aboard a carefully inspected limousine or special train. The Teheran conference in 1943 posed a problem for his train because Iran’s track gauge was different. Two Lend-Lease C-47s were flown from Baku to Moscow for the impending flight, one piloted by Air Marshal Golovanov, the other by Lieutenant Colonel M. Grachev. After greeting the pilots, Stalin said, “So, who will fly me to Teheran? Perhaps it would be better for me to fly with Colonel Grachev. Air marshals do more work behind desks than in the cockpit.” Stalin shook Grachev’s hand after the flight, and a promotion quickly followed."
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Old 08-14-2008, 11:15 AM   #127
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Военная литература : Мемуары : Каманин Н. П. Летчики и космонавты

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In our line stood neunyvayuschy cheerful guy, a mechanic from Moscow, Viktor Grachev. Like all of us, it at the end of the school was awarded the title junior pilot, and he attached button manufacture or trade in two boxes. The war he met in the post regiment commander and the commander finished connection. He headed a lot of responsibility of government flights from the Soviet Union to other countries on other continents and with honor cope with these tasks. Golden Star of the Hero, combat orders, in pursuit of general kitele - it says a lot in the summer biography of Victor G. Grachev.

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Soviet Fighter Aces of 1936 - 1953 years

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К Юрию Алексеевичу, имя которого, начиная с памятной среды 12 апреля, уже две недели у всех на устах, подходят и работники аэропорта, и пассажиры. Каждому хочется пожать ему руку, получить автограф. Начальник аэропорта Герой Советского Союза В. Грачев — тот самый Грачев, с которым мы когда-то, еще задолго до войны, вместе перегоняли самолет К-5 из Москвы под Лугу, — озабочен: того и гляди рейс на Прагу, куда по приглашению чехословацкого правительства отправляется в свою первую зарубежную поездку Юрий Гагарин, задержится.

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Old 08-14-2008, 06:26 PM   #128
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Re: HSU V.G. Grachev

Thanks, good info.
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Old 03-14-2010, 01:46 PM   #129
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HSU #5609 winner bio info

Can anyone provide me with information about the winner of HSU #5609, Afimov Constantine Aleksandrovich and possible a photo of him? My email is buddyrybka@yahoo.com
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Re: HSU #5609 winner bio info

Jeff,

Are you certain that his name is 'A'fimov, not 'E'fimov?
I could not find anything regarding HSU Afimov KA, but I found HSU colonel Efimov KA:
"Полковник Ефимов Константин Александрович, родился 18.04.1906 в с. Пахонок, ныне Тимского р-на Курской обл., в семье крестьянина. Русский. Член КПСС с 1938. Окончил 7 классов. В Советской Армии с сентября 1928. В 1929 окончил учебный арт.дивизион, в 1932 – арт.школу в г. Сумы, в 1941- Военную академию им. М. В. Фрунзе.
С начала Великой Отечественной войны в действующей армии. 23-я гв. легкая арт.бригада (5-я арт.дивизия, 4-й арт.корпус прорыва, 3-я ударная армия, 1-й Белорусский фронт) под командованием гв. полковника Ефимова в боях на правом берегу р. Одер в р-не гросс-Нойендорф (15км восточнее г. Врицен, Германия) создала условия для прорыва частями стрелковой дивизии обороны Берлина и уничтожения врага в самом городе. С 15 по 25.04.45 было уничтожено 70 пулеметов, 7 минометов и арт.батарей, много живой силы. За умелое артиллерийское обеспечение прорыва вражеской обороны, за отличную организацию взаимодействия с поддерживаемыми частями, за образцовое ведение боя, личную инициативу, мужество и отвагу в боях на подступах и в г. Берлин 31.05.45 Ефимову К. А. присвоено звание Героя Советского Союза.
После войны продолжал службу в армии. Награжден орденом Ленина, 4 ордена Красного Знамени, орденом Отечественной войны 2 ст., Александра Невского, 2 ордена Красной Звезды, медалями. 4.11.1948 умер. Похоронен в Москве."

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