Anatoli Konstantinowitsch Serow
Anatoly Konstantinovich Serov ( Russian Анатолий Константинович Серов ; born March 20 . Jul / 2. April 1910 greg. In Woronzowka , Perm province ; † 11. May 1939 in Wysokoje , Ryazan Oblast ) was a Soviet pilot.
Anatoly Serov took part in the Spanish Civil War on the part of the Republic in 1937/38 and shot down eight enemy aircraft in 40 missions. On March 2, 1938 he was therefore named Hero of the Soviet Union . He was the first husband of actress Valentina Serova . Both had met on May 3, 1938 and married on May 11, 1938.
During an instrument flight on a Polikarpow I-16UTI-4, he overshot the aircraft at a low altitude, went into a tailspin and had a fatal accident with his instructor Polina Ossipenko . Both were buried at the necropolis on the Kremlin wall .
literature
- Wilfried Copenhagen : Lexicon Soviet Aviation . Elbe-Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2007, ISBN 978-3-933395-90-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Чалая З. А. Анатолий Серов. - Свердловск: Средне-Уральское Книжное Издательство, 1970. - 328 с. - С. 10 .
- ↑ Ланской М. Жизнь и подвиги Анатолия Серова. - Серов. 2000. - 50 с. - С. 3.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serow, Anatoli Konstantinowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Серов, Анатолий Константинович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vorontsovka , Perm Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1939 |
| Place of death | Vysokoye , Ryazan Oblast |