Popkov brief biography

A bust in the Museum of Popkov Vitaly Ivanovich-a link commander of the 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment I am a fighter aircraft division, 3rd mixed aircraft corps, I am an air army, a southwestern front, a junior lieutenant; The commander of the air squadron of the 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment I am the Guards Fighter Aviation Division, the 2nd Guards Air Aviation Corps, the 2nd Air Army, the 1st Ukrainian Front, the Captain Guard.

Born on May 1 of the year in Moscow. In the years, he lived in the city of Sochi now Krasnodar Territory, in the years - in the city of Gagra now Gagra, Abkhazia. In the year he graduated from the Gagrinsky planning school. Since the year, he lived in Moscow again, where he graduated from 10th grades of the school and the aero club of the Leningrad district in the army since September.

In September, he graduated from the Chuguev Military Aviation School of pilots, in March - the Batai Military Aviation School of pilots, which was evacuated in the city of Evlah Azerbaijan. In March-May-the pilot of the reserve of the 4th reserve aviation regiment, the city of Morshansk of the Tambov region. Member of the Great Patriotic War: in May-May-pilot, senior pilot, leader commander, deputy commander of the air squadron and commander of the 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

He fought on Kalininsky May-October, South-West of December-October, 3rd Ukrainian October-January and May-July and 1st Ukrainian July-May Fronts. At the same time, he received heavy burns and fragmentation injuries of the legs. On the way back, the group was fired by the enemy anti -aircraft artillery. A direct hit of the projectile, the plane of V. Popkov received damage to both planes.

The pilot himself was wounded by fragments in the right hand and right leg. Despite this, he continued to lead the plane with his left hand, leading the radio group, after which he successfully planted the La-5 at his airfield. During the war, according to some reports, he took out combat sorties on Lagg-3, La-5 and La-7 fighters, in 85 air battles, one of them personally shot down 40 aircraft-a rally as a result of a clash.

After the war until March, he continued to serve in the Air Force commander of the air squadron of the 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in the Central Group of Troops, the city of Parndorf, Austria; Since December - in the southern group of troops, the city of Vespre, Hungary. In March - July - commander of the air squadron of the Fighter Aviation Regiment in the group of Soviet troops in Germany; The city of Dalllov-Deber.

He flew on fighters of the LA in May of the year he graduated from the Air Force Academy of Monino. In May - May - the commander of the fighter aviation regiment in the Tauride Military District, the village of Sovetsky, Crimea; Since August - in the Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet; The city of Evpatoria, Crimea. The 1st class military pilot flew on a jet fighter of a moment since January-an assistant commander, and in January-July-deputy commander of the Baltic Fleet Air Force, the city of Kaliningrad.

In June, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff with a gold medal. In July-December, he served as the head of departments in the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. He flew for a moment, TU, AN and other types of aircraft. Since February-head of the faculty of training foreign specialists, and in December-April-the head of the special faculty of the Air Force Academy named after N.

Popkov-retired. The honored military pilot of the USSR lived in Moscow. He died on February 6. He was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery. He was awarded the Russian Orders for Merit to the Fatherland of the 4th degree Honorary Citizen of the cities of Moscow Bronze Bust V. Popkov was installed in Moscow open on November 11. In Moscow, a memorial plaque was installed on the house in which he lived, and a bust was installed on the territory of the school bearing his name.

Notes: 1 was awarded for the implementation of combat sorties and participation in 45 air battles, in which he personally shot down 17 enemy aircraft on August 2; 2 was awarded for the implementation of combat sorties and participation in 83 air battles, in which he personally shot down 36 enemy aircraft on February 27; 3 In a number of sources, there is information that in the early 10th, V.

Popkov was awarded the title of Colonel General of Aviation. This information is erroneous, since in the Russian Federation the title of “Aviation Colonel General” was canceled in February.

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