Alexei Konstantinowitsch Ryazanow
Alexei Konstantinowitsch Rjasanow ( Russian Алексей Константинович Рязанов , born February 27, 1920 in Bolshaya Kochetovka , Tambov Governorate ; † August 1, 1992 ) was a Soviet fighter pilot.
Life
Ryazanov graduated from the "Tschkalow" military aviation school in Borisoglebsk in 1939 . As a member of the 28th IAP in the Novgorod-Wolinskowo area, he shot down his first air enemy, an Hs 126 , in an I-16 on the first day of the German-Soviet War . In November 1941 he moved to the 736th IAP, where he flew the Hawker Hurricane . Finally, Ryazanov came to the 4th IAP in July 1942 and was seriously wounded in an aerial combat on January 28, 1945 , but was still able to return to his airfield. In 509 combat flights and 97 aerial battles, he achieved 31 aerial victories and twelve group victories.
He was a two-time Hero of the Soviet Union (August 24, 1943 and August 18, 1945), three times the Order of Lenin and four times the Order of the Red Banner . In 1942 he became a member of the CPSU .
In 1950 he graduated from the Frunze Academy and then worked in various air defense staffs , graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1958 and retired in August 1975.
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation. Transpress, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-344-00005-5 , p. 231.
- Waldemar Trojca: History of the Great Patriotic War. Soviet aviator ace 1941–1945. VDM, Zweibrücken 2019, ISBN 978-3-86619-152-5 , p. 197.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ryazanov, Alexei Konstantinowitsch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet fighter pilot and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolshaya Kochetovka , Tambov Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1992 |