Starchenkov biography

Tombstone Starchenkov Ivan Sergeevich-squadrons commander of the Superior Aviation Aviation Ostropolsk Regiment I am an assault aircraft of the Zhmerinsky Red Banner Division, the 8th Air Army, the 4th Ukrainian Front, captain. He was born on March 8 in the village of Irbitsky Plant, now the village of Artyomovsk City District, Krasnogvardeisky Sverdlovsk Region, in the family of a worker.

He was drafted into the army in the year by the Soviet regional military enlistment office of Chelyabinsk. In the year he graduated from a military aviation school of pilots in the city of Chkalov now Orenburg. In the army, Sergeant I. Starkchenkov - since August. He fought on the IL-2 attack aircraft on the Western, Bryansk, 1st and 4th Ukrainian fronts in the assault division, almost the entire war in M, and at the end of his military activity in the Mun Aviation Regiment.

He was seriously wounded.

He participated on the Western Front as part of the 1st Air Army in the Rzhev-Vyazemsky offensive operation on March 2-131. On the Bryansk Front, as part of the Air Army, he participated in the Oryol Strategic offensive operation on July 12 - August 18 - the final part of the Battle of Kursk. On the 1st Ukrainian Front, he participated in the 2nd Air Army in the Proskurov-Chernivtsi offensive operation on March 4-April 17 and the Lviv-Sandomir strategic offensive operation on July 13-August 5.

From August 5 to 29, he participated in the last operation as part of the 4th Ukrainian Front. On the 4th Ukrainian Front, as part of the 8th Air Army, he participated in East Carpathian on September 8-October 28 and West Carpathian on January 12-February 13 of strategic offensive operations. By October, he made combat sorties for reconnaissance and assault on railway trains, airfields, and clusters of manpower and enemy equipment.

As a result of the assault actions, he personally destroyed and damaged up to 50 tanks, cars, more than 20 guns of anti -aircraft and small -caliber anti -aircraft artillery, 18 mortar batteries, 4 railway trains with troops and cargoes, burned up to 15 aircraft of the Yu, in an air battle, he shot down 1 aircraft, and exterminated to soldiers and officers of the enemy. However, the hero was not destined to receive a high award.

Starchenkov was knocked over the target of a anti -aircraft shell. On a burning plane, he continued the assault, stopping it only after the expansion of ammunition. After that he led the plane into his territory, pulled through the front line. Before planting, the plane exploded. Starchenkov and his air shooter Sergeant Sheptun Mikhail Prokofievich died.

Both pilots are buried in a military cemetery in Krakow, where at that time I was based on the assault aircraft division at present - a shell memorial military cemetery. The name of the hero named the street in the village of Krasnogvardeisky. He was awarded the Order of Lenin from the award sheet to assign the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in the Patriotic War, Starkchenkov joined in August and joined the chap in the rank of sergeant.

Successfully smashed the German-fascist invaders on the battlefield of the West, Bryansk, 1st Ukrainian fronts and now continues to smash the invaders in the Carpathian mountains as part of the 4th Ukrainian Front. He fights competently and skillfully, commands the squadron with the rank of captain. Personally made successful sorties on the IL-2 aircraft, boldly leads groups of 18-24 silt in the battle account of Starkchenkov, are listed personally by destroyed and damaged up to 50 tanks, vehicles, more than 20 for and MZA, 18 mortar batteries, 4 railway trains with troops and cargoes, in airfields burned up to 15 aircraft, in air airs The battle was shot down by 1 aircraft, to soldiers and officers.

The squadron taken by Captain Starkchenkov on the 1st Ukrainian Front made combat sorties, having losses of 8 IL-2 aircraft and 4 crews, on the 4th Ukrainian front-military departure under the difficult conditions of the Carpathian mountains, having losses of 1 crew. He made the first combat flight on August 23 in a group of 12 IL-2 to storm tanks in the Smolensk region.

After a successful strike on the target on the way back, the group was attacked 10 IU in an air battle Starkchenkov beat 1 me, but his car was also hit, it itself was wounded in the head. He managed to bring an almost uncontrollable plane to his airfield and landed, after which he was sent to the infirmary in an unconscious state. After 15 days he returned to duty. The young pilot Starkchenkov became famous in the regiment as a bold intelligence officer.

As a result of the rapid approach to the target, the skillful suppression of anti -aircraft fire set fire to 10 y, 3 me, 2 hangars, suppressed up to 8 points of anti -aircraft artillery of the enemy. The group burned 34 Yu, 14 IU, 3 hangars. Destroyed up to 6 anti -aircraft points. In this raid, Starkchenkov personally set fire to 8 y and 3 IU in the year, Captain Starkchenkov, along with the regiment, arrived on the 1st Ukrainian Front.

In the battles for the liberation of Soviet Ukraine, he showed samples of courage and heroism. A day, 2 to 3 times, he drove his squadron in battle, destroying the retreating troops of the enemy.Squadril Starkchenkova fought in the areas of Starokanstanov, Proskurov, Ostropol, Tarnopol, stormed the Kamenets-Podolsky grouping, broke through the line of defense in the Lviv and Stanislavsky directions, smashed the enemy reserves in the areas of Lviv, Stanislav, Galich, Stry, Kolomyia, Zhuravno, Drogobych, destroyed the surrounded The group in the Brody area and now smashes the enemy in the Carpathians, freeing from the German yoke Western Ukraine as part of the 4th Ukrainian Front.

Despite the strong anti -aircraft fire. The group made 3 gunses, as a result of which it destroyed 6 tanks, 10 vehicles, suppressed the fire of 4 field artillery guns, chose the actions of the enemy ground forces. The Starkchenkov group worked on the battlefield when our troops went on the offensive and. From April 20 to 23, Starkchenkov daily 2 to 3 times a day drove the groups to storm German troops, settled in the city of Tarnopol and in the village of Polobel.

Literally going down to the roofs of houses, the attack aircraft from a shaving flight shot German soldiers and officers from guns and machine guns, and the enemy’s technique was destroyed by bombs and shells. The plane received severe damage - Eleron was repulsed, the car fell to the right. Stretching all his strength, Starkchenkov brought his plane to the airfield and landed safely.

It turned out that for this Starkchenkov tore off the helmethophone cord and tied the helm to the left side of the aircraft so that the car would not pull to the right. During the battles on the 4th Ukrainian Front, Starkchenkov made 23 sorties in August 1, personally destroyed 2 echelons with manpower and enemy equipment. In mountainous conditions, it is perfectly oriented and the goal is striking competently.

The group in 6 IL-2 made three approaches to the target, dropped bombs, fired at the fascist tanks with a gun-machine-machine-gun fire. Suddenly, Six Me jumped out of the mountain and rushed to the attack aircraft. Captain Starkchenkov, noticing the threatening danger, built the attack aircraft in the defensive circle and took the battle. The fascist vultures sought to defeat the system of our planes, skipped into the center of the circle and attacked the group, but the well -aimed lines of guns and machine guns did not give them the opportunity to do their job.

As a result of a skillful reflection of attacks, Captain Starkchenkov knocked out 1 aircraft, and the group completed their combat mission. For the personal heroism, courage and courage in air battles, personally committed by successful combat sorties on the IL-2 aircraft, the destruction of manpower and equipment of the enemy, the leadership of the squadron-worthy of the title of “Hero of the Soviet Union”.

The commander of the Supermarm Aviation Aviation Ostropol Regiment Hero of the Soviet Union Major Bezukh on September 30 from the book “From Battalion to the Army. Combat Way. Behala and concentrating the remains of the battered parts and reserves there, they decided to defend for a long time and firmly. Zorau, Belsko and Zhivvets were turned into powerful resistance nodes.

In their rear, the Moravian-Ostravsky coal basin was also preparing for a long defense. The further advance of our troops has stopped. There were also terrestrial echelons of the regiments along the way, the rear of the division did not leave Zarshin, the division was again re -fed to the Krakow Aero -nounsel. Attaching importance to the Belsko supporting point and carrying heavy losses, the enemy along the Belsko road - Skolly began to feverishly throw reserves, violently resist in the city of Belsko.

The assaults of the division, performing the order of the command of the 8th Shak, bombing and heating blows on motorcons and horse-drawn transport, tore off the enemy’s road and horse-drawn transport. At the same time, storming the centers of resistance, they helped the ground forces knock the Nazis from the city. Finally, unable to withstand the combined onslaught from the ground and air, the Germans left Belsko on February 12.

The next day, February 13, our division suffered a difficult loss: the faithful son of the Motherland, an excellent master of assault strokes, the navigator of the air regiment, recently transferred to this position from the CHAP, where he was the squadron commander, captain Ivan Sergeyevich Starkchenkov, died. On this day, due to bad weather, the attack aircraft went to tasks in pairs after small time intervals.

Starkchenkov flew paired with I. at the third entrance, he spent the entire ammunition, destroying several enemy soldiers and officers. Filippenko saw the commander pulled the front line and went on landing. And this must happen: when making a forced landing, the plane explodes five meters from the ground. This is the tragic death of the hero, one of the best pilots of the 8th Air Army.

The captain I. Starkchenkov was buried in the center of the city of Krakow at the church. Seeing a comrade on the last journey, the pilots of Go Sap swore over the grave of their fighting friend to beat the enemy even more tightly. The biography was prepared by:.