06-24-2012, 11:45 AM
Order of the Patriotic War 1st class - 65186 (downgraded from a Red Banner)
Quote:Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Ivanov, Grigory Yakovlevich
2. Rank: Major
3. Position and unit: Assistant division commander for aerial gunnery affairs of the 295th Novomoskovsk Red Banner Fighter Aviation Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Banner
4. Year of birth: 1908
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1932
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since January 1, 1943 on the North Caucasian Front and 3rd Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1933
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Career officer
11. Which awards received previously (for which merits): Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class by Order of the 5th Air Army nr. 08/N of February 11, 1943 for 32 combat sorties conducting ground attacks on enemy troops
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Noviye Kaidaki, city of Dnepropetrovsk
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade Ivanov has been serving at the front during the Patriotic War since January 1, 1943. During his time at the front he showed himself a strong-willed, energetic, and decisive commander. He is a perfectly disciplined and dutiful officer.
He demonstrated his dedication to the Party of Lenin and Stalin and the socialist motherland in his everyday combat duties. A true patriot of our motherland, he gives all his energy and knowledge to hasten the destruction of the enemy.
He has been serving as assistant division commander for aerial gunnery affairs since October 1, 1943. Since the very first days he served in the division he has been taking on his service duties with an energy peculiar to а Bolshevik. A senior, experienced pilot who received fine theoretical training, he exemplarily organized the training of the aircrews of the division with regard to studying the tactical flying qualities and combat performances of the enemy aircraft and their operational use by the enemy.
During the period he served as assistant division commander for aerial gunnery affairs, he put into service as aerial gunners 85 young aviators, who had arrived at the division as reinforcements and had been trained with good and excellent results.
Six times during the period of combat operations comrade Ivanov was located at the front line with the ground troops and at the command posts, where he guided our aircraft across the battlefield. With his guidance our pilots shot down 14 enemy aircraft.
In particular, comrade Ivanov carried out a lot of work in bringing the division to a state of full combat readiness preliminary to the Chişinău operation. He collected and compiled all documents concerning combat missions conducted by the division between July 5, 1943 and July 1, 1944, as well as information on tactical maneuvers and methods of operation used by enemy aircraft, which he used to educate the aircrews. He held ten day-long meetings with the division’s flight commanders, practicing firing at ground targets. As a result, during the liberation of Bessarabia the division conducted 1180 effective combat sorties in a period of six days between August 20 and August 26, 1944, inflicting severe damage, while suffering only very minor losses itself. For this, considerable merit is due to comrade Ivanov. Despite his poor state of health, comrade Ivanov personally carried out 51 combat sorties in an I-16 and La-5, including 35 combat sorties conducting ground attacks on enemy troops, while he was at the front.
For accomplishing the combat missions assigned to him during the fight against the German invaders in an exemplary manner, he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Commander of the 295th Novomoskovsk Red Banner Fighter Aviation Division
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Shatilin/
October 3, 1944
He deserves the Order of the Red Banner.
Commander of the 9th Mixed Aviation Corps
Lieutenant General of Aviation [signed] /Tolstikov/
October 4, 1944
By Order of the 17th Air Army nr. 072/N of December 17, 1944 awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class.
Senior assistant chief of the 2nd Section of the Personnel Department of the 17th Air Army
Captain [signed]
