Red Star,0192399,Deputy Head Engineer,4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. 470031

1. Last name: Yelizarov
2. First name and patronymic: Vasily Ivanovich
3. Military rank: Major-Engineer
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1907
6. Place of birth: Village of Dvoriki, Kaluga Raion, Kaluga Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1932
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: Since November 1929
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Regimental engineer for special services, 154th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment
12. Current place of service and position: Regimental engineer for special services, 226th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment
13. Home address of the awardee: 26 Gimnazicheskaya Street, apartment 18, city of Odessa

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals/Their numbers/Numbers of the documents/Ground of award

Order of the Red Star 192399 Order booklet nr. 470031 Order of the 3rd Air Army nr. 111/N of May 19, 1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 40616 Order booklet nr. 470031 Order of the 2nd Air Army nr. 171/N of December 16, 1943

Order of the Red Star 959602 Order booklet nr. 470031 Decree of November 3, 1944

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class 113437 Order booklet nr. 470031 Order of the 5th Air Army nr. 09/N of January 17, 1945

Order of the Red Banner 371824 Order booklet nr. 470031 Decree of November 15, 1950

Medal for the Defence of Moscow Unnumbered Permanent certificate nr. 041542 Decree of May 1, 1944

Medal for the Victory over Germany Unnumbered Permanent certificate nr. 0446850 Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Budapest Unnumbered Permanent certificate nr. 237916 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Vienna Unnumbered Permanent certificate nr. 084445 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy Unnumbered Unnumbered 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):

Commander of the 226th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Savelyev/
February 29, 1952

[Bill Garvy]

All fields to be filled out fully

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Yelizarov, Vasily Ivanovich
Military rank: Guards Captain-Engineer
Position and unit: Deputy chief engineer for electrical and special equipment of the 4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1907
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: 1929
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1932
5. Participation in combat (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since June 22, 1942 without interruptions
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): 31 Kalinin Street, apartment 2, city of Chita

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits (to be compiled by the staff of the military unit, formation or institution):

Comrade Yelizarov has been serving in the Patriotic War without any interruptions since June 26, 1941 as engineer for electrical and special equipment of the 46th Aviation Division, chief engineer for electrical and special equipment of the Air Forces of the 22nd Army, engineer for electrical and special equipment of the 211th Mixed Aviation Division, and after that as deputy chief engineer for electrical and special equipment of the 4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division.

Throughout the period he has been at the front, he has been devoting a lot of attention to leading the technical personnel within his specialty, mustering them to prepare the materiel for combat sorties, which ensured the trouble-free functioning of the equipment during combat missions.

As a specialist, he possesses thorough knowledge of the equipment of the SB, Pe-2, MiG-3, Yak-1, P-5, and Il-2 aircrafts and operates it well. Possessing a lot of experience with practical activities, he spends a lot of time training the young technical personnel to master the materiel of the Il-2, achieving the trouble-free functioning of the equipment within a short period of time.

Aside from his main activities as an engineer for special equipment, he devotes a lot of time to supplying the units of the division with spare parts to repair damaged aircraft during combat missions. In September 1942, nine AM-38 engines were shipped to him from the workshops, which he delivered to an emergency landing location, thanks to which the planes were back in operation within a short period of time.

Conclusion: For carrying out his tasks of delivering engines and spare parts to planes on emergency landing locations in an excellent manner and for the selflessness he displayed in his duties, he deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division
Guards Major General of Aviation [signed] /Baidukov/
May 19, 1943

[Bill Garvy]

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 3rd Air Army

May 19, 1943 – Nr. 0111 – 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:

[…]

4. Guards Captain-Engineer Vasily Ivanovich Yelizarov, engineer for electrical and special equipment of the 4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division

[…]

Commander of the 3rd Air Army
Lieutenant General of Aviation [signed] /Gromov/

Chief of staff of the 3rd Air Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Dagayev/

[Bill Garvy]

Service record card

Card nr.:
Personnel file nr.:

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Yelizarov, Vasily Ivanovich
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Knowledge of foreign languages and level of mastery: No
4. Born on: July 24, 1907
5. Place of birth (according to the current administrative division): Village of Dvoriki, Kommuno-Organizatorsky Rural Municipality, Kaluga Raion, Kaluga Oblast
6. Social situation and profession (prior to call-up for the Armed Forces): Working class; locomotive fireman
7. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: 1932
Party membership booklet nr.: 0456845
Candidate member of the Communist Party since:
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member:
Membership of other parties: No
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation:
8. Education (note the exact name of the military educational institution, when graduated, period of attendance, and number of courses or classes for unfinished education)
General education: 7 classes in 1924, city of Kaluga. Evening course in forest engineering, workers’ faculty, city of Chita
Military education: 18-month radio technician course at the Military Aviation School, city of Moscow
Political education: No
9. Service in the old army, last duty position and rank: No
10. Service in the White Army and other foreign armies (only note service in foreign armies when the officer wasn’t serving in the Soviet Army at the same time): No
11. Conferment of military ranks/By whose order/Order number/Date
Military Technician 1st Grade People’s Commissariat of Defense 01196 Mar 14, 1936
Military Technician 3rd Grade People’s Commissariat of Defense 02226 Nov 3, 1938
Captain-Engineer People’s Commissariat of Defense 05265 Jul 22, 1942
Major-Engineer Voronezh Front 0682 Oct 24, 1943
Lieutenant Colonel of the Technical Service Commander in Chief of the Air Force 0402 Feb 12, 1953

12. Participation in the Patriotic War (when, where, and for how long): On the Western Front from June 22, 1941 through December, 1941; on the Kalinin Front from December 1941 through June 1943; on the Voronezh Front from June 1943 through October 1943; and on the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Front from October 1943 through May 9, 1945
13. Service at the front to defend of the USSR before the Patriotic War (where, from when to when, day, month, and year): Took part in the fighting against the Japanese occupiers at the Khalkhin-Gol River from May through September 1939
14. Has he been in captivity or surrounded, when, where and for how long (if surrounded, only note escapes separate from his unit): No
15. Awards and award dates: Order of the Red Star on May 19, 1943; Order of the Red Star on November 3, 1944; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class on December 16, 1943; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class on February 17, 1945; Medal for the Victory over Germany on May 9, 1945; Medal for the Defense of Moscow on May 1, 1944; Medal for the Capture of Budapest on June 9, 1945; Medal for the Capture of Vienna on June 9, 1945; Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy on February 22, 1948
16. Biographical certificate nr.: YeK-16069

17. Joined the Armed Forces where and having served in which position (if called up from the reserves, note ‘from the reserves’, location and date of call-up and interval period): Drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Kaluga Raion, Kaluga Oblast on November 7, 1929

18. Service in the Armed Forces:

Duty position and location of the unit, institution, formation, army, front, district, fleet, or flotilla. Location of the unit or institution in peacetime/By whose order/Order number/Month, day, and year
Private at the 1st Aircraft Yard, 1st Air Brigade, Leningrad Military District, city of Gatchina Nov 7, 1929
Cadet at the Military Aviation School, city of Moscow School 199 Jul 1930
Junior radio technician, 41st Aircraft Yard, Transbaikal Military District, city of Chita
Senior radio technician, 21st Light Ground-Assault Aviation Squadron, Transbaikal Military District, city of Chita Personnel Section of the Far Eastern Army 022 Nov 1932
Senior radio technician, 29th Fighter Aviation Squadron, 100th Air Brigade, Transbaikal Military District People’s Commissariat of Defense 0358 Aug 5, 1937
Chief engineer for special equipment, 70th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 100th Air Brigade, Transbaikal Military District 57______ 0059 Nov 12, 1938
Chief engineer for special equipment, 95th Fast Bomber Aviation Regiment, 46th Aviation Division, Kalinin Military District People’s Commissariat of Defense 01736 Apr 25, 1940
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 46th Aviation Division, Moscow Military District People’s Commissariat of Defense 01393 May 24, 1941
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 46th Aviation Division, Western Front Jun 1941
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 46th Aviation Division, Kalinin Front Dec 1941
Engineer for special equipment, Air Forces of the 22nd Army, Kalinin Front Air Force 020 Feb 15, 1942
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 212th Ground-Assault Aviation Division, Kalinin Front 3rd Air Army 09 Jun 22, 1942
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division, 1st Ukrainian Front Oct 1943
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 4th Guards Ground-Assault Aviation Division, 2nd Ukrainian Front Sep 1944
Divisional engineer for special equipment, 4th Ground-Assault Aviation Division, 5th Air Army, Odessa Military District May 1945
Chief of materiel supplies, 302nd Air Force Repair Base, 5th Air Army, Odessa Military District 5th Air Army 0113/P Sep 21, 1946
Assistant chief engineer for electrical and special equipment, 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 5th Air Army, Odessa Military District Commander in Chief of the Air Force 01201 Apr 9, 1948
5th Air Army 047/P Apr 22, 1947
Regimental engineer for electrical and special equipment, 154th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment, 5th Air Army, Odessa Military District 5th Air Army 039 Aug 6, 1948
5th Air Army renamed to 48th Air Army General Staff 120024 Jan 10, 1949
Service record compiled on the basis of Vasily Ivanovich Yelizarov’s personnel file, which was delivered on March 2, 1948.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 48th Air Army
Colonel [signed] /Shevchenko/
August 17, 1950
Junior engineer for special services, 226th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment 24th Air Army 030 Feb 12, 1951
Chief engineer for radio-technical equipment, 263rd Fighter Aviation Division 24th Air Army 0137 Jun 2, 1952
Chief engineer for radio-technical equipment, 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 24th Air Army 0221 Aug 28, 1953
Chief engineer for radios and radio-technical equipment, 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 24th Air Army 020 Jan 19, 1954
Transferred to the reserve in accordance with Article 59, Section A, with the right to wear a military uniform.

Registered at the Military Commissariat of the Kaganovich Raion Commander in Chief of the Air Force 01042 Jul 26, 1955

19. Wounds and contusions (where, when) and nature of the wounds: No
20. Academic title: No
21. Academic degree: No
22. Has he been abroad (where, when) and for how long: With the Army in Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia from August 1944 through October 1945
23. Has he been convicted, where, by which courts, what for and for how long:
24. Family situation, last name, patronymic, and first name, wife’s year of birth, names and years of birth of children, family’s address: Wife: Olga Dmitriyevna Yelizarova, born in 1914. Son German born in 1935
25. Special remarks:

[Bill Garvy]

Guards Captain-Engineer Vasily Ivanovich Yelizarov's Order of the Red Star, #192399. Photos/scans used with permission. . .

My thanks to Auke. . .

[Lapa]

Bill,

Great one. Have a look at the citation signatory: world recordsman, HSU, and one of 13 full cavaliers of the Order of Service to the armed forces of the USSR.

His awards came onto the market in Moscow about 7~8 years ago.

Marc