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Zaitsev, Vasily Aleksandrovich

Date of birth:
January 10th, 1911 (Semibratskoye/Moscow Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
May 19th, 1961 (Kolomna/Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
gvardii mayor (Guards Major)
Unit:
Shturman 5 gvardeiskogo istrebitelnogo aviatsionnogo polka, 30 armia (Navigator 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 30e Leger)
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
gvardii mayor (Guards Major)
Unit:
Shturman 5 gvardeiskogo istrebitelnogo aviatsionnogo polka, 30 armia (Navigator 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 30e Leger)
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1942
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
gvardii mayor (Guards Major)
Unit:
Komandir 5 gvardeiskogo istrebitelnogo aviatsionnogo polka, 207 istrebitelnaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Commander 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, 207th Fighter Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
August 24th, 1943
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 2

Sources

  • - Geroļ Sovetskogo Soyuza [Heroes of the Soviet Union], Ministry of Defense, Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987 (two volumes)
    - Warheroes.ru

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