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Shalimov, Vladimir Yegorovich

Date of birth:
August 8th, 1908 (Bol'shiye Prokhody, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
July 23rd, 1942 (Uritsk/Leningrad, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Soviet War Graves Krasnenkoe Cemetery St. Petersburg
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1940
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii mayor
Unit:
15th Guards Ground Attack Aviation Regiment, 23rd Army, Leningrad Front
Awarded on:
February 10th, 1943
By the time of the death on the combat account of an outstanding pilot, there were 52 sorties for attacking enemy troops (all as commander of the group, not counting combat missions against Japanese and Finnish troops in the pre-war period). He destroyed 20 enemy aircraft at its airfields, as well as 15 tanks, 76 vehicles, 10 guns, 55 wagons with military cargo, and more than a hundred machine-gun and mortar points. He personally shot down 1 enemy aircraft during dogfights.

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii mayor
Unit:
15th Guards Ground Attack Aviation Regiment, 23rd Army, Leningrad Front
Awarded on:
February 10th, 1943
Orden Lenina

Posthumously awarded

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