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Kravchenko, Grigory Panteleyevich

Date of birth:
October 12th, 1912 (Golubovka/Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
February 23rd, 1943 (Near Sinyavino/Leningrad Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Together with Sergei Ivanovich Gritsevets the first twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1938
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Mayor (Major)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1939
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Mayor (Major)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1939
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Mayor (Major)
Unit:
Komandir 22 istrebitelnogo aviatsionnogo polka, 1 armeiskaya gruppa (Commander 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, 1st Army Group)
Awarded on:
August 29th, 1939

Serial number 1.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1940
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant aviatsii
Unit:
215 istrebitelnoi aviatsionnoi divizii
Awarded on:
1943
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2 (1942-1943)

Sources

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

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