Since June 1941 on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. Until September 1942, he fought as part of the 4th IAP (flying the I-153, Hurricane and Yak-7), then until the end of the war as part of the 9th Guards IAP (on the Yak-1, Aerocobra and La -7).
By August 1943, the squadron commander of the 9th Odessa Red Banner Guards aviation regiment(6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 8th Air Army, southern front) Guard captain Amet-Khan Sultan made 359 sorties (of which 110 in the sky of Stalingrad), conducted 79 air battles, in which he shot down 11 enemy aircraft personally and 19 as part of a group.
On August 24, 1943, for courage and courage shown in battles with enemies, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
By the end of the war, he made 603 sorties, in 150 air battles he personally shot down 30 and in a group of 19 enemy aircraft.
On June 29, 1945, the assistant commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (1st Air Army), Major Amet-Khan Sultan, was awarded the second Gold Star medal.
After the war, he entered the Air Force Academy, but soon left and began working as a test pilot (he mastered about 100 aircraft in total). In 1946 - Guards Lieutenant Colonel. In 1947 he received the title of "Test Pilot 1st Class". In 1952 he was awarded the Stalin Prize.
In 1961 he was awarded the title of Honored Test Pilot of the USSR. He died in a test flight on February 1, 1971.
Awarded with Orders: Lenin (three times), Red Banner (five), Alexander Nevsky, Patriotic War 1st degree, Red Star, Badge of Honor, medals. Honorary citizen of the city of Yaroslavl. Forever enrolled in the lists of the military unit. The bronze bust of the Hero is installed in his homeland, Memorial plaque- in the city of Kaspiysk, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Schools No. 27 in Makhachkala and No. 8 in Kaspiysk bear his name. The Hero's relatives live in Moscow.
Honored test pilot died at the age of 92
Honored test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Mosolov passed away in Moscow. He was 91 years old.
“A legend of jet aviation, an honored test pilot who made a huge contribution to the development of domestic aviation, has left us. We mourn this loss,” said Ilya Tarasenko, Director General of the MiG Corporation. He is quoted by TASS.
Georgy Mosolov was born on May 3, 1926 in Ufa. In 1943 he graduated from the Central Aeroclub named after V.P. Chkalov in Kazan, and the next year he joined the Red Army. In 1945 he graduated from the school of primary pilot training, in 1948 - Chuguev Military Aviation School. Until 1951 he worked there as an instructor pilot. In 1953, Mosolov graduated from the Test Pilot School, in 1959 - Moscow aviation institute. In 1953 - 1962, Mosolov worked on flight test work in the Design Bureau of A. I. Mikoyan.
Mosolov was one of the pioneers in the development of high altitudes and speeds and one of the first Soviet pilots who set world aviation records. He set six world records, three of which are absolute, as well as three all-Union absolute records. Among them - records on the first prototypes of the unique supersonic front-line fighter MiG-21. His photograph in a helmet went around many foreign newspapers and magazines of the world, on long years becoming a kind calling card Soviet jet aircraft.
In addition, Mosolov conducted flight tests of many of the first copies of jet engines, various experimental systems for radio navigation, interception and weapons.
On September 11, 1962, Georgy Mosolov had an accident while testing the E-8/1 aircraft, a prototype version of the MiG-21 with a more powerful engine. In the cockpit, he suffered a head injury and a broken arm. The pilot had to eject at an altitude of eight thousand meters. After ejection by high-speed air pressure, Mosolov broke his leg. And after the parachute opened, his body was overwhelmed by a strap, and the pilot hung upside down. In a matter of seconds before touching the ground, he managed to throw off the strap for. When landing on the forest, the pilot broke his other leg.
Mosolov waited five hours for the rescuers to arrive. In the hospital, he suffered a clinical death, but the doctors were able to bring him back to life. The pilot was able to walk only a year later, but his injuries did not allow him to return to flight work after recovery.
In 1960, Mosolov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In addition, he was a holder of the orders of Lenin and the Red Star. In 1965 he became an Honored Test Pilot of the USSR.
Mosolov was one of the close friends of the first Soviet pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Valery Pavlovich Chkalov- Soviet test pilot, Hero of the USSR. He was the commander of the aircraft that made the first non-stop flight across North Pole from Moscow to Vancouver.
Chkalov began his dizzying career as a pilot as an aircraft fitter in the 4th Kanavinsky Aviation Park in Nizhny Novgorod.
From December 3, 1931, he participated in tests - he tested the latest fighter aircraft of the 1930s I-15 and I-16 designed by Polikarpov. He took part in the tests of tank destroyers VIT-1, VIT-2, heavy bombers TB-1, TB-3, a large number experimental and experimental machines of the Polikarpov Design Bureau.
Chkalov was famous for his "recklessness". After the accident that occurred in Bryansk, Chkalov was accused of numerous violations of discipline. By the verdict of the military tribunal of the Belarusian military district of October 30, 1928, Chkalov was sentenced to a year in prison, and was also dismissed from the Red Army. He served his sentence for a short time, at the request of Kliment Voroshilov, less than a month later, the sentence was replaced with a suspended sentence.
Chkalov became the author of new aerobatics - an ascending spin and a slow roll. On May 5, 1935, aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov and test pilot Valery Chkalov were awarded the highest government award- Order of Lenin.
On July 20, 1936, the flight of Chkalov's crew from Moscow to Far East. It lasted 56 hours before landing on the sandy spit of Udd Island in the Sea of Okhotsk. The total length of the record route was 9375 kilometers.
On June 18, 1937, Chkalov's flight began on an ANT-25 plane across the North Pole from Moscow to Vancouver (Washington, USA). The flight took place in difficult weather conditions. On June 20, the plane made a safe landing in Vancouver, Washington, USA. The length of the flight was 8504 kilometers.
Stalin personally offered Chkalov to take the post of People's Commissar of the NKVD, but he refused and continued to do flight test work. Chkalov died on December 15, 1938 during the first test flight on the new I-180 fighter at the Central Airfield.
Stalin, Voroshilov, Kaganovich, Chkalov and Belyakov. Meeting after the flight to the Far East. Shchelkovsky airfield, August 10, 1936
STEPAN MIKOYAN
Stepan Mikoyan was born on July 12, 1922. He is the son of the famous politician Anastas Mikoyan. Stepan Mikoyan - Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant general of aviation. In 1940, he entered the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School in the Crimea. In 1941, he retrained for the Yak-1 fighter and in December was sent to a fighter aviation regiment defending Moscow.
From the first days of 1942, Stepan began to participate on the Yak-1 in flights to cover our troops in the Volokolamsk region. In the winter of 1941-1942, Stepan Mikoyan made 10 successful sorties as part of this regiment. The 11th sortie to cover Istra on January 16, 1942 almost became fatal for Mikoyan - his Yak was mistakenly shot down by junior lieutenant Mikhail Rodionov from the 562nd regiment.
Mikoyan mastered 102 types of aircraft and flew about 3.5 thousand hours. By October 1942 he completed 14 sorties. After 3 air battles, he shot down 6 enemy aircraft as part of a group. Stepan Mikoyan ended the war with two orders.
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MIKHAIL GROMOV
Soviet pilot Mikhail Gromov was born on February 12, 1899. He became Colonel-General of Aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union. As an extremely gifted person, he early showed a variety of abilities, including music and drawing. After high school, he entered Faculty of Medicine Moscow University and then served as a military doctor.
Gromov tested many famous aircraft. Performed a number of long-haul flights across Europe, to China and Japan.
On September 10–12, 1934, on an ANT-25 aircraft, he made a record flight in terms of range and duration along a closed route - 12,411 km in 75 hours. In 1937, on the ANT-25-1, he made a non-stop flight Moscow - the North Pole - the USA, setting 2 world aviation records. For this flight, Gromov was awarded the Order of Lenin.
VLADIMIR AVERYANOV
Colonel, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR Vladimir Averyanov was born on October 11, 1934. In 1953, Averyanov graduated from the Stalingrad flying club. In 1955 he graduated from the Armavir Military Aviation Pilot School, then served as a pilot in the air defense aviation.
From May 1965 to December 1968 he was a test pilot at the Kazan Aviation Plant. In 1965-1966, he tested serial Tu-16 and Tu-22 jet bombers, in 1966-1968 - Il-62 passenger aircraft (co-pilot), as well as their modifications.
From January 1969 to September 1994 he was a test pilot at the Saratov Aviation Plant. He tested serial passenger aircraft Yak-40 (in 1969-1981) and Yak-42 (in 1978-1994). He has many medals and is an honored test pilot of the USSR.
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IVAN DZYUBA
Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR Ivan Dzyuba was born on May 1, 1918. He graduated from the Odessa flight school (1938), participated in the Great Patriotic War as a fighter pilot.
From June 1941 to September 1943 he made 238 sorties, conducted 25 air battles. By February 1942, he personally shot down 6 and in a group 2 enemy aircraft.
July 21, 1942 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against fascist german invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time, Major Ivan Dzyuba was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. From 1943 he served as a test pilot.
NIKOLAI ZAMYATIN
USSR test pilot, captain Nikolai Zamyatin was born on May 9, 1916 in Perm, graduated from Sverdlovsk in 1940 State University and Sverdlovsk flying club.
In January-November 1942 he served as a pilot of the 608th Bomber Aviation Regiment, in November 1942 - December 1944 - a pilot, senior pilot and flight commander of the 137th Bomber Aviation Regiment.
Zamyatin fought on the Karelian front. Participated in the defense of the Arctic. He made 30 sorties on a Pe-2 bomber. From 1947 to 1971 he was a test pilot at the Flight Research Institute. Carried out tests of the refueling system on Tu-2 aircraft, tests of turbojet engines: VK-7 on Tu-4LL, AL-7 on Tu-4LL, VK-3 on Tu-4LL, AM-3M on Tu-16LL, VD-7 on M-4LL. Awarded with the Order October revolution, two orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree.
MIKHAIL IVANOV
The famous test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel Mikhail Ivanov was born on July 18, 1910. Since 1925 he worked as an apprentice turner in Poltava. Passed the course theoretical training in the Poltava aviation circle of Osoaviahima. IN Soviet army- since 1929. In 1932 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School, then served in the Air Force combat units.
In 1939–1941, he was a test pilot for the military acceptance of aircraft factory No. 301, he tested serial UT-2 training aircraft and Yak-1 fighters. In 1941, he was a test pilot for the military acceptance of aircraft factory No. 31. Ivanov tested serial LaGG-3, La-5FN and Yak-3 fighters.
In November 1941, during the evacuation of the aircraft factory in Tbilisi, he took part in the hostilities on the Southwestern Front. In total, he made about 50 sorties.
On April 24, 1946, he tested one of the first Yak-15 fighters. Conducted tests of various modifications of the Yak-3, Yak-11 fighter. He received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for the strength and courage shown when testing new aircraft.
