Avdeev Alexander Fedorovich
He was born on July 23 (August 5), 1916, in the village of Bolshaya Talenka, Tambov District, Tambov Region, in the family of a peasant. In 1932, he moved to the Moscow Region. After graduating from a vocational school in 1933, he worked as a mechanic at a foundry and mechanical plant in Moscow. At the same time, he studied at the Podolsk Aero Club. He was sent to the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School on a Komsomol ticket. Participated in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940.
Participant of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941.
Branch of service: Air Force.
Deputy squadron commander of the 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (5th Mixed Aviation Division, Air Force of the 23rd Army, Leningrad Front), captain. On August 2, 1942, he performed a ramming attack on an enemy aircraft over the village of Novaya Usman, Voronezh Region, and was killed.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and the Order of the Red Star. Monuments have been erected and streets have been named after him in Moscow and Novaya Usman.
Participant of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941.
Branch of service: Air Force.
Deputy squadron commander of the 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (5th Mixed Aviation Division, Air Force of the 23rd Army, Leningrad Front), captain. On August 2, 1942, he performed a ramming attack on an enemy aircraft over the village of Novaya Usman, Voronezh Region, and was killed.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, and the Order of the Red Star. Monuments have been erected and streets have been named after him in Moscow and Novaya Usman.
05.08.1916–12.08.1942
