Talalikhin Victor Vasilyevich
He was born on September 18, 1918, in the village of Teplovka, which is now in the Volsky District of the Saratov Region. After graduating from the Federal Vocational School, he worked at the Moscow Meat Processing Plant while also studying at an aeroclub. He later graduated from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School for Pilots. He participated in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. He made 47 combat flights and shot down four Finnish aircraft, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Star (1940).
He fought in the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He made more than 60 combat sorties. In the summer and autumn of 1941, he fought near Moscow.
Branch of service: Air Force.
Deputy squadron commander of the 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 6th Fighter Aviation Corps of the Air Defense Forces of the country, junior lieutenant.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and the Order of the Red Star.
Streets in Moscow, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Region, and other cities, a naval vessel, GPTU No. 100 in Moscow, and several schools were named after Talalikhin.
He fought in the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He made more than 60 combat sorties. In the summer and autumn of 1941, he fought near Moscow.
Branch of service: Air Force.
Deputy squadron commander of the 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 6th Fighter Aviation Corps of the Air Defense Forces of the country, junior lieutenant.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and the Order of the Red Star.
Streets in Moscow, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Region, and other cities, a naval vessel, GPTU No. 100 in Moscow, and several schools were named after Talalikhin.
18.09.1918–27.10.1941
