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Kretov, Stepan Ivanovich

Date of birth:
December 25th, 1919 (Malaya Nichka/Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)
Date of death:
January 19th, 1975 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Vvedenskoe Cemetery
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)
Awarded on:
1942
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii kapitan (Guards Captain)
Unit:
Komandir eskadrilyi 24 gvardeiskogo aviatsionnogo polka dalnego deistvia, 50 aviatsionnaya divizia dalnego deistvia (Squadron Commander in 24th Guards Long Range Aviation Regiment, 50th Long Range Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
March 13th, 1944
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii kapitan (Guards Captain)
Unit:
Komandir eskadrilyi 24 gvardeiskogo aviatsionnogo polka dalnego deistvia, 50 aviatsionnaya divizia dalnego deistvia (Squadron Commander in 24th Guards Long Range Aviation Regiment, 50th Long Range Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
March 13th, 1944
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
gvardii mayor (Guards Major)
Unit:
Komandir eskadrilyi 24 gvardeiskogo aviatsionnogo polka dalnego deistvia, 50 aviatsionnaya divizia dalnego deistvia (Squadron Commander in 24th Guards Long Range Aviation Regiment, 50th Long Range Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1948
Medal

Sources

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

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