Aircraft of World War II

Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_s_Guard_lieutenant_Natalia_Meklin_Keys_

johnbr — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:06:55 -0400

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Description: Hero of the Soviet Union's Guard lieutenant Natalia Meklin (Keys) Guard lieutenant Natalia Fyodorovna Meklin (Keys) (1922-2005)-Senior Airman 46 1st guards night bomber Aviation Regiment, 325 7th night bomber aviation Division 4 3rd air army 2 1st Belarusian front. The Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from February 23, 1945, for the exemplary combat jobs command and displayed courage and heroism in the battle with the German fascist invaders Guard lieutenant Meklin Natalia Fyodorovna with a rank of the hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the order of Lenin and medal "Gold Star" (# 4855). Text of premium sheet (TSAMO, 33, 793756, 31): Guard lieutenant Meklin during fighting against the German invaders made 840 combat aircraft departures on the plane-2 with combat hours flown 1120 m. Is of a general strike 1450 m. Night RAID 1200 m. Dropped to destroy motomehčastej and manpower enemy 132 tons of bombing. As a result, accurate bombing in the infiltrator was 178 strong explosions, 162 of the fire. Destroyed and damaged an enemy crossing, 2 3 artbatarei, 3 1 spotlight, machine-gun point over infantry battalion. Enemy troops scattered 800 thousand leaflets. The result is far incomplete data, only what was posted. Tov. Meklin is the most active participant of Defense of the Northern Caucasus, the defeat of the Germans in the Kuban, the Taman peninsula, Crimea peninsula and in Belarus. Neŝad� its forces and life itself. Meklin takes a very active part in the defeat of the German invaders in Poland. Is a bold fearless Aviator. It horrifies or firing anti-aircraft artillery or enemy searchlights towards the goal. All my strength, all his martial skill gives excellent performance of combat tasks. In the tense days of battle. Meklin produces on 9-10 combat aircraft departures. The effectiveness of bombing is high. All of its combat work served as a model for all personnel. Best nights were:- On the night of November 5, 1942, bombed enemy troops build-up in paragraph Digora. As a result, accurate bombing was caused by a strong Center of fire, which confirms the future crew of the guard. Lieutenant Popova. On the night of February 10, 1943 Bombilla on moving enemy forces from Popovičeska�. Accurate bombing exercises by 2 powerful explosion. Subsequent crews guard St. Lieutenant Parfenovoj and guard Gen. Nikulinoj confirm that the machine exploded ammunition. On the night of March 10, 1943, destroyed equipment and troops of the enemy at Crimean. As a result of the accurate bombing was a hotbed of fire that continued to burn within one and a half hours. Data confirm guard Jr. Lieutenant Kluyev, Guard art. Lieutenant Popov. On the night of January 22, 1944, bombed on strongholds and manpower enemy in Kerch. Has made 7 sorties. In spite of heavy flak and enemy searchlights. Meklin skilful manoeuvre achieved the goal, has made the bombing, which was caused by a strong Center of fire, as confirmed by subsequent crews guard of Lieutenant Klepkovoj and guard Jr. Lieutenant Pavlova. On the night of February 9, 1944 produced bombing on accumulation motomehčastej and manpower enemy in paragraph Turkmen′. Accurate bombing was caused by strong blast with 2 pockets of fire, as evidenced by Lieutenant Aronovoj and crew, guard guard St. Lieutenant Gelman. On the night of May 11, 1944, destroyed by retreating enemy troops in the Bay of Kamy�evatoj. Despite the heavy barrage of enemy fire. Meklin skilful manoeuvring bypassing anti-aircraft searchlights reached tčki and the intended target had made the bombing, which was caused by the explosion, subsequent 2 strong crews guard of Lieutenant Troparevskoj and guard St. Lieutenant Parfenovoj confirm that the exploding ammunition. On the night of June 22, 1944, bombed by enemy troops in paragraph skolpleni� Fallows. As a result of the bombing was the result of 3 powerful explosion, subsequent crews guard Gen. Nikulinoj and guard St. Lieutenant Popova confirm that exploding machines with ammunition. On the night of October 7, 1944, bombed enemy troops build-up in Las and Mak�w. As a result of the bombing was the result of 2 heavy fire, subsequent crews guard of Lieutenant Sebrovoj and guard St. Lieutenant Her confirm that burned cars with fuel. On the night of October 13, 1944 destroyed enemy forces in paragraph Mak�w and road from a point. The night has 9 armed sorties. As a result of the bombing had caused the blast with 2 strong thick black smoke and flames. The result confirmed crews guard of Lieutenant Troparevskoj and guard Lieutenant �igulenko. For exemplary performance of combat tasks command on the front against the German invaders, personally made combat aircraft departures flight 840-2 high efficiency shown by the courage the courage and heroic deed Guard lieutenant Meklin was assigned the title "hero of the Soviet Union. The Commander of the Guards guard Gen. 46 NBAKTP Ber�anska� Natalya Fyodorovna Meklin n�e Kravtsova (Russian: Наталья Фёдоровна Меклин, Ukrainian: Наталія Фёдорiвна Меклин; 1922�2005) was a much decorated World War II combat pilot in one of the three women-only Soviet air regiments. They were nicknamed the 'Night Witches' by their German opponents. She was born on September 8, 1922, in Lubny, Ukraine. In 1940 she joined the glider school at the Kiev Young Pioneer Palace. When she was 19, in 1942 she joined the Night Witches, piloting a Polikarpov Po-2 light bomber, and by the end of the war had flown 980 night missions. In 1953 she graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages.[1] Subsequently she worked as a translator before retiring. She became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers. It is rewarded with the Order of Lenin, with three, with Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees, of the Red Star, with medals. Several schools are named after her in Smolensk, Poltava, Stavropol' and other cities. She was entitled honorable citizen of the city of Gdansk (Poland). She died in Moscow on 5 June 2005.[2]

Pilot_George_A_Osipov

johnbr — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:52:10 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Pilot George A Osipov The pilot, major George A. Osipov. the year 1943, the Belorussian Front. Here he is depicted in the cockpit of his Ilyushin fighter aircraft, but in 1944, he was flying the A-20 Bostons . Duty in a time-bomb Bahmačska� 221-I air Division, order of Suvorov 1st 6 mixed Lublin Krasnoznamennyj Aviation Corps, 16 air force. Successfully served until the end of the war. Wrote the book "bombers in the sky", published in 2003.

albert_littolf

johnbr — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:30:15 -0500

by: johnbr

Description: The Soviet pilot, commander of 1st Squadron, 18th GvIAP captain Simon Sibirin, who shot down five German planes, congratulates the French fighter pilot Captain Albert Littolfa after an air battle in which he shot down a German plane Fw-189. In the background, Yak-1B squadron "Normandie". Simon A. Sibirin in July 1944 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. By the end of the war had on his account 16 downed aircraft and one person in the group. May 6, 1949 died in office. Albert Littolf died in an air battle over the month of fasting that has been made this picture - July 16, 1943. By the time of death on account of his had 6 kills himself, 8 in the group (10 of these 14 aircraft shot down Littolf fighting the Germans in France, North Africa and Crete) and two uncommitted enemy aircraft. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree.

w23_10919065

johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:51:35 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: 23Red Army soldiers examine war trophies captured in battles with invading Germans, somewhere in Russia, on September 19, 1941. (AP Photo) #

w22_3b09277u

johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:50:29 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Rapidly advancing German forces encountered serious guerrilla resistance behind their front lines. Here, four guerrillas with fixed bayonets and a small machine gun are seen in action, near a small village. (LOC)

w10_8e04850u

johnbr — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:45:21 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: Machine gunners of the far eastern Red Army in the USSR, during the German invasion of 1941. (LOC) #

w21_04210241

johnbr — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:45:46 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: 21 A field loud-speaker is set up to broadcast propaganda to German soldiers, somewhere in Russia, on April 21, 1942

Sergeant P. Dorzhiev

johnbr — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:42:27 -0400

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Description: Sergeant P. Dorzhiev, a Russian sniper who killed 181 Germans on the Leningrad front, looking through binoculars, and holding a rifle, sometime in 1942. (LOC) #

Pows_in_russia

johnbr — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:17:42 -0400

by: johnbr

Description: photograph of German (Austro-Hungarian) POWs in Russia, 1915. The image was taken by a pioneer of color photography Prokudin-Gorsky. Of every photo he recorded three B/W images, using three different color filters (red, green, blue). With Photoshop you can combine these images into one RGB color image.

Young partisans, members of the Kovpak resistance detachment.

Preussia — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:58:01 -0400

by: Preussia

Description: Young partisans, members of the Kovpak resistance detachment.

Red Army troops preparing to cross the Dnipro River in the fall of 1943.

Preussia — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:47:57 -0400

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Soviet Senior Sergeant

Medvedya — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:10:02 -0500

by: Medvedya

Description: This is a Stareii Serzhant or Senior Sergeant in a tank regiment.

Soviet Tank Officer

Medvedya — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:10:01 -0500

by: Medvedya

Description: This is an early war photograph of an officer in a Soviet Tank Regiment. The tunic is a pre-war design called a 'Turzhurka'

Soviet female Yefreitor

Medvedya — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:09:55 -0500

by: Medvedya

Description: This woman is a Yefreitor (Lance Corporal) in the RKKA

soviet leader

xavier — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:37:21 -0400

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russian artillery

xavier — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:13:20 -0400

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Russian soldiers

Wurger — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:01:00 -0500

by: Wurger

Description: Russian soldiers 1941 source unknown :

Russian soldier

Wurger — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:52:27 -0500

by: Wurger

Description: Russian soldier 1941 source unknown :

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Russian officer

Wurger — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:49:40 -0500

by: Wurger

Description: Russian officer 1940 source unknown :

NKVD-GUGB Officers

Medvedya — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:24:05 -0400

by: Medvedya

Description: Three Sergantee Gozbezopasnosti (Sergeants of State Security) of the NKVD-GUGB (State Security Directorate) The man on the right also wears the Voroshilov Marksmans badge.

T-34/76

Wurger — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:44:30 -0400

by: Wurger

Description: Captured T-34/76 source unknown.

captured T34

Wurger — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:24:13 -0500

by: Wurger

Description: Captured T34 source unknown.

NKVD - GUVV Officers

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:59 -0500

by: Administrator

Description: Two officers of the NKVD Internal Troops - both are armed with 1895 Nagant Revolvers

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Soviet Sniper

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:58 -0500

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Description: With a Scoped Mosin Nagant 91/30 rifle

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Soviet Jeep

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:58 -0500

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Description: Two Soviet officers in an American Lend-Lease Jeep.

Soviet Soldier

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:58 -0500

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Description: A Soviet soldier wearing a snipers hood, and holding a PPSh41 SMG and a RGD 33 grenade.

Anti-Tank Gunner

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:57 -0500

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Description: A Soviet soldier fires a Degtyarev PTRD-41 14.5mm Anti-Tank Rifle.

Three Soviet Medics

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:57 -0500

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Soviet mine clearers

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:55 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:54 -0500

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Soviet Pilots

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:54 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:52 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:52 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:51 -0500

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9th Armored Division & Red Army Linkup

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:50 -0500

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Soviet Soldiers in Budapest 1945

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:49 -0500

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Defenders of Stalingrad

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:49 -0500

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Comrades in arms

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:48 -0500

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Description: Shown here are American soldiers of the 69th Infantry Division and Russians soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front after linking up at Torgau on the River Elbe, 25th April, 1945.

Sevastopol under siege

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:47 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Russian military personnel in harbour area of the Crimean port of Sevastopol during the German siege.

Soviet infantrymen

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:47 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet infantrymen marching towards the frontline past a row of T-34/76 Model 1941 tanks. The lettering on the side of the turret is "Za Rodina" (For The Motherland).

British/Soviet Military Personnel

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:46 -0500

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Description: Shown here are British military personnel being shown over a Soviet T-26S Model 1939 light tank by the Soviet colleagues at the time of the joint Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia (Iran) in 1941.

Soviet infantry

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:45 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet infantrymen moving forward in the shattered remains of central Stalingrad.

Soviet artillery

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:44 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet 152 mm (6 in) Model 1937 Gun-Howitzers in action on the outskirts of Stalingrad.

Soviet cavalry

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:44 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet cavalrymen belonging to Gen. Kirchenko's 'Cavalry-Mechanised Group' operating in the difficult terrain of the Caucasus.

Soviet armour on the move.

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:43 -0500

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Description: Shown here are a T-34/76 Model 1942 (foreground) and a T-34/76 Model 1941 tanks moving forward, November, 1942.

Soviet tanks under fire

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:41 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet T-34/76 tanks with infantry support advancing under fire.

Soviet infantry

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:41 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet infantry in Winter camouflage suits advancing against German forces outside Stalingrad.

Soviet infantry

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:40 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet infantrymen crossing a temporary railway bridge across the River Dneiper.

Soviet artillery

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:39 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet 152 mm (6 in) gun/howitzers beig ferried across the River Dneister.

Soviet infantry and armour

Administrator — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:05:39 -0500

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Description: Shown here are Soviet infantry and a KV-1S tank moving forward near Minsk. Note the T-34 with raised turret hatch in the background.