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Old 03-17-2013, 09:44 AM   #1
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Red Star,0105251,Deputy Political Commander,2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

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Order booklet nr. 647351

1. Last name: Vakurov
2. First name and patronymic: Ivan Stepanovich
3. Military rank: Lieutenant Colonel
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1907
6. Place of birth: Polevskoi Workers’ Settlement, Polevskoi Raion, Sverdlovsk Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1928
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: From October 19, 1929 through December 15, 1930 and since October 6, 1935
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Deputy chief of staff in charge of the control and guidance post of the 123rd Fighter Aviation Division
12. Current place of service and position: Deputy chief of staff in charge of the command post of the 123rd Fighter Aviation Division
13. Home address of the awardee: 6 Danilevsky Street, apartment 38, city of Kharkov

14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal/Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award

Order of the Red Star 771116 Order booklet nr. 647351 Order of the Western Front nr. 0502 of April 30, 1942

Order of the Red Star 105251 Order booklet nr. 647351 Order of the Volkhov Front nr. 012/N of February 19, 1943

Medal for Combat Merit 2943860 Order booklet nr. 647351 Decree of November 6, 1945

Order of the Red Star 2915586 Order booklet nr. 647351 Decree of November 15, 1950

Order of the Red Banner 429108 Order booklet nr. 647351 Decree of November 5, 1954

Medal for the Defense of Leningrad Unnumbered Unnumbered permanent certificate Decree of December 22, 1942

Medal for the Defense of Moscow Unnumbered Unnumbered permanent certificate Decree of May 1, 1944

Medal for the Victory over Germany Unnumbered Unnumbered permanent certificate Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Königsberg Unnumbered Unnumbered permanent certificate Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy Unnumbered Unnumbered permanent certificate Decree of February 22, 1948

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of staff of the 123rd Fighter Aviation Division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Borisenko/
January 20, 1955
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Old 03-17-2013, 09:45 AM   #2
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Re: Red Star,0105251,Political Officer,Aviation

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Copy nr. 2

[Pencil: Volkhov Front; March 6, 1943]

Order

Of the Volkhov Front

February 19, 1943 – Nr. 012/N – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

[…]

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

2. Major Ivan Stepanovich Vakurov, Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

[…]

Commander of the Volkhov Front
Hero of the Soviet Union
Army General [signed] /K. Meretskov/

Members of the Military Council of the Volkhov Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /L. Mekhlis/
Major General of the Quartermaster Service [signed] /Kochetkov/

Chief of staff of the Volkhov Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /Sharokhin/


Verified.

Assistant chief of the 3rd Subsection of the Personnel Section
Quartermaster 3rd Grade [signed] /Romanyuk/
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Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Vakurov, Ivan Stepanovich
Military rank: Major
Position and unit: Deputy commander for political affairs of the 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1907
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1935
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1928
5. Participation in combat (where and when): In the Patriotic War since July 1941
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Sverdlovsk
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): 3 Osipenko Street, city of Sverdlovsk

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Comrade Ivan Stepanovich Vakurov has been participating in the Patriotic War since July 1941. During the fighting to lift the siege of Leningrad, while serving with the 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, he carried out a lot of activities to mobilize the men of the regiment for self-sacrificing combat actions. Within the regiment he organized a correct operational responsiveness of political officers and party organizations to the results of each combat flight. Because of this, within the regiment a rise in the quality of combat sorties was observed. The last couple of days the pilots of the regiment have destroyed 6-8 enemy aircraft without suffering any losses themselves.

The high moral spirit of the flyers of the regiment was visible during a series of battles fought by the regiment. For example:

Two pilots of the regiment fought with eight enemy fighters and shot down two of them while two others were damaged; six pilots of the regiment fought with nineteen enemy fighters and shot down five of them. In both cases they didn't suffer any losses themselves.

During the period in which the regiment faced difficulties with the materiel, Vakurov personally scrutinously inspected the status of the repair activities on each plane and took energetic measures to improve the quality of work of the technicians.

Within the regiment the agitational activities were organized very well. By personal agitation Vakurov inspires the men to conduct heroic deeds.

For good and concrete party-political activities within the 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, which enabled the regiment to execute its combat missions during the battles to break through the siege of Leningrad, Vakurov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Deputy commander for political affairs of the 215th Fighter Aviation Division
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Vinogradov/
February 5, 1943

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 215th Fighter Aviation Division
Lieutenant General of Aviation [signed] /Kravchenko/
February ___, 1943

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 2nd Fighter Aviation Corps
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Blagoveshchensky/
February ___, 1943

Agreed.

Commander of the 14th Air Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Zhuravlyov/
February ___, 1943

He is to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the Volkhov Front
Army General /Meretskov/

Member of the Military Council
Lieutenant General [signed] /Mekhlis/
February ___, 1943
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Old 03-17-2013, 09:49 AM   #4
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Re: Red Star,0105251,Political Officer,Aviation

Major, later Lieutenant Colonel, Ivan Stepanovich Vakurov's Order of the Red Star, #105251. My thanks to Auke for his invaluable assistance. Photographs/scans used with permission. Service Record and other documents to follow shortly. . .
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Re: Red Star,0105251,Political Officer,Aviation

"mobilise the men of the regiment for self-sacrificing combat"
Got to have been charismatic!
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Re: Red Star,0105251,Political Officer,Aviation

Citation for his other Order of the Red Star, #771116, conferred earlier, and Award List.

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Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Vakurov, Ivan Stepanovich
Military rank: Battalion Commissar
Position and unit: Military commissar in the staff of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1907
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: 1935
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1928
5. Participation in combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Career officer
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Comrade Vakurov has been serving in the Active Red Army since July 15, 1941 as the military commissar of the Air Forces of the 28th Mixed Aviation Division.

Throughout the fighting with Germanic fascism he showed himself a bold and decisive commissar, possessing a thorough understanding of his specialty. He delves deeply into the staff’s operational duties and performs a great deal of work to train the headquarters personnel and make them work more closely together. As a result, the staff is a well-coordinated combat entity, capable of working in any condition or situation.

Comrade Vakurov is in close contact with the masses, who consider him a professional and political authority. In complex situations he is capable of leading troops in combat and carrying out the assigned task, as was the case near the city of Novgorod-Seversky, when divisional headquarters was orders to organize the defense, restore order among the various separately retreating units, and pull out any valuables that were of military significance. Here comrade Vakurov showed himself a talented organizer and demonstrated the qualities of a true commissar of Stalin; the assigned task was accomplished in time.

Conclusion: For the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions during the struggle with Germanic fascism he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Bogorodetsky/

Military commissar of the Air Forces of the 10th Army
Senior Battalion Commissar [signed] /Suslov/
February 10, 1942


Comrade Vakurov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Political Section of the Western Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Makarov/
April 14, 1942


He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the Air Forces of the Western Front
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Khudyakov/

Military commissar of the Air Forces of the Western Front
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Litvinenko/

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