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Drachenko, Ivan Grigoryevich

Date of birth:
November 15th, 1922 (Velikaya Sevastyanovka/Cherkassy Oblast, Ukraine)
Date of death:
November 16th, 1994 (Kiev, Ukraine)
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

First Cavalier of all three Orders of Glory. First and one of only four persons who were both Hero of the Soviet Union and Cavalier of all three Orders of Glory (1944).

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy mladshy leitenant (Guards Junior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
1943
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy mladshy leitenant (Guards Junior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
1943
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Mladshy leitenant (Junior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
June 5th, 1944
Orden Slavy 3
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy mladshy leitenant (Guards Junior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
September 5th, 1944
Orden Slavy 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy mladshy leitenant (Guards Junior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1944

First awarding of a third Order of Glry, which made Drachenko the first Cavalier of all three Orders of Glory. As an Order of Glory 1st Class wasn't available Drachenko received another 2nd Class. This one was replaced with a 1st Class on 20 November 1968.
Orden Slavy 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy starshy leitenant (Guards Senior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1944
Medal

Serial number 4618.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy starshy leitenant (Guards Senior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1944

Goes with Gold Star number 4618.
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardy starshy leitenant (Guards Senior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Lyotchik shturmovik 140 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka 8 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Shturmovik Pilot in 140th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
1945
Orden Krasnogo Znameni

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