Vasily Nikolajewitsch Kolomojez

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Vasily Nikolayevich Kolomojez ( Russian Василий Николаевич Коломоец , Ukrainian Василь Миколайович Коломоєць * thirtieth November 1918 in Zhovti Vody , yekaterinoslav governorate , Soviet Russia ; † 12. October 1986 ) was a Ukrainian officer in the Soviet Army and Hero of the Soviet Union .

biography

Wassili Kolomojez came from a working class family from Schowti Vody. In 1938 he completed his studies at the Academy of Mining Sciences .

In 1939 he was drafted into the Red Workers and Peasants Army . In 1940 he completed his training at the Air Force School in Sevastopol . From February 1942 he fought in the major units of the Western Front : the Kalininer Front , the Central Front and the 2nd Belarusian Front . He was promoted to first lieutenant and in March 1943 appointed commander of the 49th Fighter Regiment of the Red Army. He then took part in the tank battle for Kursk , in the liberation of Ukraine , Belarus and Poland and in the last battles for Berlin . He was also promoted to captain .

By October 1944, Kolomojez had 365 sorties and 65 dogfights behind him. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet , Kolomojez was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on February 23, 1945 for “courage and heroism in the aerial battle against the German-fascist invaders”. In addition, he received the Order of Lenin , the Alexander Nevsky Order , twice the Order of the Red Banner , the Order of the Great Patriotic War and the Order of the Red Star .

In 1950 Kolomojez graduated from the Air Force Military Academy "JA Gagarin" and was promoted to colonel . In 1957 he was discharged from the army and returned to Schowti Vody, where he worked for the company VostGOK and died in 1986.

A memorial plaque dedicated to Kolomojez is attached to the building of an air sports association in Krivoy Rog .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Коломоец Василий Николаевич. warheroes.ru, accessed March 3, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b Mikhail Bykow: Все асы Сталина 1936–1953 . Litres, 2014, ISBN 5-457-56722-2 , pp. 563-564 .
  3. ↑ Коломоец Василий Николаевич - Мемориальная доска в Кривом Рогу. warheroes.ru, accessed March 3, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Kolomojez, Wassili Nikolajewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Коломоец, Василий Николаевич (Russian); Коломоєць, Василь Миколайович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian officer in the Soviet Army
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Schowti Wody
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1986
Place of death Schowti Wody