Biography of Akimov Alexander

The memorial plaque in Moscow Akimova Alexandra Fedorovna-the navigator of the air squadron of the Guards Night Bomber Aviation Taman Red Banner Order of the Suvorov 2nd degree of the regiment I am a night bomber of the Red Banner of the Red Banner of the Suvorov 2nd degree division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front, senior.

Lieutenant - at the time of the presentation to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Born 5th year in the village of Petrushino, Skopinsky district of the Ryazan province, now the Skopinsky district of the Ryazan region. From a peasant family. Since the year, the family lived in the village of Chernava, Mstislavsky district of the Moscow s - Ryazan region. In the year she graduated from high school in this village, and immediately after the graduation evening she was left at this school at teacher’s work as an active social activist who graduated with honors.

But education was necessary, so in the year it entered the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. At the same time she graduated from nurses. After the start of the Great Patriotic War, she filed an application with a volunteer in the Red Army, but was sent to the construction of defensive fortifications. Nevertheless, Alexander Akimov achieved her, learning that in October the year an order was issued on the formation of female aviation parts.

In October, he was called up to the Red Army. In May, she graduated from navigators at the Engelsky Military Aviation School of pilots. In the city of Engels, the Saratov region, a light bombing female aviation regiment was formed, Alexander Akimov was enrolled in it. However, contrary to the specialty received, she was enrolled in the regiment by a carrier mechanic, then she became a master of aircraft.

I prepared planes for combat sorties. By the March of the year, at the head of the group, she provided combat sorties, hung 85.7 tons of bomb cargo to aircraft - manually! For these merits, I received its first award - the medal "For Courage". However, she sought to fly herself and reached her own - the senior sergeant of the technical service of Alexander Akimov in March was transferred to the bomber arrows, and in April of the year she was appointed to the post of navigator of the link in her regiment.

After the end of three -month field courses, without interruption from combat work in October, was appointed navigator of the aviation squadron. Alexander Akimova fought in that very female aviation regiment, whose pilots of which the Germans called "night witches." The regiment fought on light night bombers U-2 from a year called before the war these aircraft were considered educational and connected vehicles, the German command even initially did not consider these low-proceedings from plywood and canvases combat units.

But soon for the downed U-2 they already gave an extraordinary vacation to Germany and the monetary prize. The pilots inflicted night aviation blows on the positions and rear of the enemy. In February, the regiment received the Guards banner for valor and mass heroism of the personnel and began to be called the Guards, then he was assigned the honorary name “Tamansky”, and then two battle orders appeared on the battle banner of the regiment.

The regiment was 22 times awarded in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief I. in the rows of the regiment defended the Don and the North Caucasus, then freed the Krasnodar Territory, participated in heavy battles over the “blue line” and during the liberation of the Taman Peninsula, fought heroically in the Kerch-Eltigen, Crimean, Visloders, East-Moraine, East-Morace.

Berlin offensive operations. From the performance of Lieutenant Akimova to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union: “From an ordinary master of aircraft, a squadron grew to a qualified navigator. Perfectly mastered the technique of self -collection in night conditions. How the navigator is well oriented. For the entire period of combat work, there were no losses of combat orientations due to the fault of the navigational service.

It flies exclusively boldly, not fearing neither the spotlights nor the enemy anti -aircraft fire. As the commander has good organizational abilities and commanding skills. He skillfully leads the subordinate navigator. Prepared and commissioned 7 young navigators. Skillfully and correctly conveys his experience to the young navigator. Personally, during the fighting period, she made combat aircraft to bombing at night on a PO 2 aircraft, fleeing the clock.

I dropped 94 tons of bomb cargo to destroy the motiles and enemy’s manpower. Exactly bombing in the camp of the enemy caused strong foci of fire, explosions, 2 enemy crossings were destroyed and damaged, 2 warehouses with ammunition were blown up, 3 batteries were suppressed, 2 flies and 7 vehicles with combustible and ammunition were destroyed. Thousands of leaflets are scattered by the enemy troops, spent on the front edge of the enemy of the cartridges of the Croesus.

All combat sorties are comrade Akimova is accompanied by exceptional efficiency.For the exemplary execution of command tasks at the front, personally made by combat sorties with high efficiency, the courage, courage and heroism shown in April of the year, and by the end of the war, the number of sorties of Alexandra Akimova reached some sources - at the representation there were positive resolutions of the commander of Colonel -General K.

Vershinin and commanding the front. Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Rokossovsky, but in Moscow a reward was replaced by the Order of Lenin after the end of World War II served for some time as part of a regiment in the northern group of Poland forces. In December, the senior lieutenant A. Akimov was dismissed. She continued her studies and graduated from the same historical faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, from whose walls she went to the front.

In the year she graduated from graduate school at the same time, after which she was assigned a degree of candidate of historical sciences and her fate was again closely connected with aviation, since the year 40 she worked at the Moscow Aviation Institute: an assistant, s - senior teacher of the Department of the CPSU, and an associate professor from a year.

Since the year of A. Akimov - in retirement. For the courage and heroism, manifested in the fight against the Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War of the years, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 31, the senior lieutenant Akimova Alexander Fedorovna was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. I lived in the city of the hero Moscow.

She was an active participant in the veteran and military-patriotic movement, chairman of the commission in the Moscow City Council of War Veterans, Labor, Armed Forces and Law Enforcement agencies. She died on December 29. He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow. Military ranks: the senior sergeant of the technical service 2. Awarded the Orders of Lenin in Moscow on the house in which she lived, a memorial plaque was installed.