Morozova, Elena Filippovna, Junior Lieutenant, Clerk-Typist, SMERSH, 5th Air Corps

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Order Book

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Record card

Order booklet nr. 468325

1. Last name: Morozova
2. First name and patronymic: Yelena Filippovna
3. Military rank: Junior Lieutenant of the Administrative Service
4. Sex: Female
5. Year of birth: 1916
6. Place of birth: Village of Novofastov, Pogrebishche Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1940
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: April, 1942
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: File clerk and typist in the SMERSH Counterintelligence Section of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
12. Current place of service and position: File clerk and typist in the Smersh Counterintelligence Section of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
13. Home address of the awardee: 14 Dnepropetrovsky [“Dnepropetrovsk”] Street, city of Tiraspol

14. List of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal/Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award
Medal for Combat Merit 989208 Temporary certificate nr. B-580260 Order of the 2nd Air Army nr. 080/N of May 6th, 1944

Order of the Red Star 1405795 Temporary certificate nr. Ye-895045 Order of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps nr. 015/N of May 22nd, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Major [signed] /Zlyvko/
January 24th, 1946

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Unit Award Order

SECRET

2nd Air Army Order 080/N dated 6th May, 1944

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for having displayed valor and bravery:

Combat Service Medal to:

6. Junior Lieutenant Elena Fillipovna Morozovna – Case Compiler-Typist, Counterintelligence Section “SMERSH,” 202nd Middle-Don Red Banner Bomber Aviation Division

Signed 2nd Air Army Commander General-Colonel Krasokov and Chief of Staff General-Major Telnov

4 Copies
1-2 1st Ukrainian Front Personnel Section
3 2nd Air Army Personnel Section
4 2nd Air Army (?)
Compiled by Bukhalo
17.4.1944 G.zk.

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Award Sheet

Last name, name, and patrionymic: Morozova, Elena Fillipovna
Rank: Junior Lieutenant
Duty position: Case Compiler-Typist – Counterintelligence Section “SMERSH” 202 Bomber Aviation Division

Recommendation for the Combat Service Medal
1. Born: 1916
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Party membership: yes
4. Previous combat: 1942
5. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
6. In Armed Forces: since March 1942
7. Inducted by: Special Selection, Special Section NKVD, Voronezh Front
8. Previous awards: n/a
9. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

Comrade Morozova has been on active duty since March, 1942.

Working in the 202nd Bomber Aviation Division’s Counterintelligence Section “SMERSH” her selfless work helped the operational cadre wage a merciless struggle the enemies of the Soviet people.

Disregarding time and difficulties she conscientiously and precisely accomplished all assigned tasks.

For selfless work and rendering assistance to the operational cadre in the struggle against the people’s enemies Comrade Morozova is deserving of the Combat Service Medal.

Signed Section Chief, Counterintelligence Section “SMERSH,” 202nd Aviation Division, Lieutenant Colonel Pyanov on 5th March. 1944

Endorsed Section Chief, Counterintelligence Section “SMERSH,” 2nd Air Army, Colonel Lenev on 5th March, 1944

Endorsed Commander, 2nd Air Army, General-Colonel of Aviation Krasovskii on 6th May. 1944

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SECRET

PRIKAZ

5th Ground-Attack Aviation “Vinnitsa” Order of the Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky & Kutuzov Corps

No. 015/N

22nd May 1945

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for exemplary accomplishment of the command’s combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the hereby displayed bravery and courage, I award:

The Order of the Red Star to:

11. Junior Lieutenant Secretarial Services, Morozov Elena Filippovna, Clerk-Typist 5th Ground-Attack Aviation “Vinnitsa” Order of the Red Banner Corps.

Commander 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Hero of the Soviet Union – Lieutenant-General Aviation
N. Kamamin

Chief of Staff 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Colonel Yarotskiy

May 23rd, 1945

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Morozova, Yelena Filippovna
2. Rank: Junior Lieutenant of the Administrative Service
3. Position and unit: File clerk and typist in the SMERSH Counterintelligence Section of the 5th Vinnitsa Ground-Attack Aviation Corps

Is being nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1916
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War since June 1942, serving on the Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since June 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Joined up voluntarily through the Military Commissariat of the Korotoyaksky Raion
11. Previous awards: Medal for Combat Merit in 1943 by Order of the 2nd Air Army
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family’s address: _______________

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:

Comrade Y.F. Morozova has been serving at the front since June 1942 as part of the Operational Red Army.

While working as a file clerk and typist she has proven to be an experienced clerk. During this time she put a great deal of effort into processing (illegible) and chekist and investigative documents, which actively contributed to the removal of counterrevolutionary elements from Red Army units and from among the civilian population.

She always carries out the tasks assigned to her on schedule, regardless of the difficulties she faces. She is industrious and energetic when working in the field.

For her selfless duties in the SMERSH Counterintelligence organization during the fight against counterrevolutionary elements, comrade Y.F. Morozova deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the SMERSH Counterintelligence Section of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Major [signed] /Vakhlakov/
May ___, 1945

Conclusion of Superiors
Awarded the Government Award Order “Red Star”

Commander 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Hero of the Soviet Union – Lieutenant-General Aviation
N. Kamamin

19th May, 1945

By Order of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation “Vinnitsa” Order of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, & Bogdan Khmelnitsky Corps No. 15/N of the 12th of May, 1945
Chief of Staff Office of Personnel
23rd May, 1945

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The details from the protokol:

Звезда 1405795 - капитан Малкин Петр Трофимович 06.06.45 г. в.у. Е-895618 5 ВА 97 от 23.05.45 г. оп. 715111 д. 833 л. 163

(RS #1405795 - Captain Pyotr Trofimovich Malkin, issued on Jun 6, 1945, temporary certificate nr. E-895618, awarded by Order of the 5th Air Army nr. 97 of May 23, 1945. Inventory 715111, file 833, page 163)

Звезда 1405745 - мл. лейтенант адм. службы Морозова Елена Филипповна 04.06.45 г. в.у. Е-895045 5 шак 15 от 22.05.45 г. оп. 715111 д. 833 л. 133

(RS #1405745 - Junior Lieutenant of the Administrative Service Elena Filippovna Morozova, issued on Jun 6, 1945, temporary certificate nr. E-895045, awarded by Order of the 5th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps nr. 15 of May 22, 1945. Inventory 715111, file 833, page 133)

Thank you, Auke!