Biography of Alekseev Anatoly

Colonel Anatoly Alekseev is a well-known Polar pilot, test pilot and squadron commander of the Avia regiment while we remember, they are alive of the Civil War in Russia, Polar Aviation pilot, Anatoly Dmitrievich Alekev, Hero of the Soviet Union, he was awarded to the city of Gorbunov in Kazan, where he spent the city of Anatoly Dmitrievich. and state tests of the experimental distant bomber of DB, launched into a series under the designation of the EP at the beginning of the city, bombarder.

The specificity of the AP was that Anatoly Alekseev, with the rank of colonel, was not appointed to the command post at the regiment headquarters, and as an experienced pilot he was appointed commander of the 4th squadron, and this was a major position. Subsequently, captain Vladimir Ponomarenko flew on this plane commander of the ship. The car was lost during a plane crash on the night of October 28-29 in February, during these six flights, 22 tons of bombs were dropped on the enemy.

Due to the fact that the weather deteriorated sharply from the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, and the city of Danzig could be closed with continuous cloudiness, the ship commander decided to bomb the reserve target - the city of Koenigsberg, which was open and covered. At 20 hours 00 minutes, from the height of m on Koenigsberg, 8 pieces of the bomb fab were dropped aimed at one entry.

The crew observed the ruptures of all discarded bombs in the city, as a result of bombing, two foci of fire arose. Countering the air defense: over the target of anti -aircraft artillery for the enemy up to 12 guns fired on the aircraft, the explosions of shells were observed at the level of the aircraft, lower and higher than the aircraft. When departing from the target from the coast of the Gulf of the Kurish-Gaf, the enemy led intense fire on the aircraft.

There is no damage to the aircraft and the crew. Koenigsberg's goal was open, then west to the city Danzig did not go due to bad weather. When flying back from Koenigsberg, a sharp deterioration in the city of Kalinin occurred, continuous cloudiness, height m, at times walked at the height M blindly, observed insignificant icing. They came to their airfield at a height of m.

At the reverse flight, they went against strong winds, which significantly increased the flight time. After completing the assignment, the crew of 2 hours 30 minutes on November 14, the total flight duration was 10 hours 08 minutes. The state of the aircraft is regular. " The return to the flight test work, Colonel Anatoly Dmitrievich Alekseev served as the squadron commander in OM AP until the end of the city on the PA-8 TB-7 made twenty-seven sorties for bombing of military facilities in the deep rear of the enemy.

In April, Alekseev for participation in hostilities was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. From G. I experienced seventy -two types of military aircraft. His biographical certificates indicate that in the army he served 37 years and 10 months of 54 years in preferential terms. In total, flew the clock. After leaving the flight work, Anatoly Dmitrievich worked in the control of polar aviation and at Sheremetyevo Airport.

Colonel Alekseev is a gentleman of many domestic orders. He was awarded 3 orders of Lenin, 5 orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, 3 orders of the Red Star, medals. Anatoly Dmitrievich Alekseev died in the year of his life on January 29, the hero was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery of the capital. One of the streets of Krasnoyarsk is named after A.

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