Andrey Vitruk
Andrey Vitruk | |
|---|---|
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service/ |  Soviet Air Forces |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Andrey Nikiforovich Vitruk (
Major General of the Soviet Air Forces and a Hero of the Soviet Union
.
Early life
Vitruk was born July 7, 1902, in
Invasion of Poland in 1939. Until 1940 he also served on the Finnish front during the Winter War.[1]
Career
In 1941 he received officer's training in the Military Aviation Academy and became the commanding officer of the Soviet 65th Air Regiment of the
Western Front near Moscow. By early 1942 he accomplished his 21st sortie, without any successes. However, for his superb command of the regiment on February 24, 1942, he was awarded with the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.[3]
In July 1942 Vitruk became the commanding officer of the 291st Division, later transformed into the 10th Guards Division of the
Hero of Yugoslavia.[1]
Death
He died of a serious disease on June 1, 1946, and was buried in Kyiv at the Park of Eternal Glory.
Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner, four times
- Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Red Star
- Order of the National Hero of Yugoslavia
Notes
- ^ a b "Витрук Андрей Никифорович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ See http://niehorster.org/012_ussr/41_oob/leningrad/air.html for the LVO's air forces in June 1941
- ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза начальствующему составу Военно-воздушных сил Красной Армии» от 24 февраля 1942 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1942. — 17 марта (№ 8 (167)). — С. 1.
External links
- Biography on War Heroes site (in Russian)
