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278:, Smirnov had been promoted to the position of flight commander in the 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment. He saw combat during the first month of the invasion, flying both the I-16 and I-153 to conduct reconnaissance, ground attack, escort, and ground defense missions. While flying an I-153 on 9 July 1941 he shot down a
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and Bf 109, but was subsequently shot down; he was badly burned from the fire inside his plane, but after he parachuted out personnel from the 27th Tank
Brigade rescued him; people from the brigade had also witnessed the shootdowns of the enemy planes and captured a German pilot. Smirnov was awarded
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On 7 October 1943 Smirnov shot down a squadron commander of a group of He-111s. Leading a group of five other P-39s in the attack, he and his crew managed to down a total of six He-111s over the course of 20 minutes. On 9 October 1943 Smirnov shot down four enemy aircraft during three sorties over
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By the end of the war he was the deputy commander of his regiment, had flown 457 sorties, shot down one plane in a group, gained 35 solo shootdowns of enemy aircraft, shot down a hot air ballon, and engaged in 72 dogfights. The aircraft he shot down included the
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25 January] 1917 β 7 August 1987) was a fighter pilot and flying ace of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. He gained 35 solo victories during the war and was one of the few people awarded the title
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in 1938. In
December that year he graduated from the Odessa Military Aviation School of Pilots and was assigned to the 11th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which used the
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in 1935 where he worked at a railway depot. In 1937 he graduated from training at the
Kalinin aeroclub. He worked as a storekeeper from 1936 until he joined the
738:"ΠΡΡΡ Π»Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠΊΠ°-ΠΈΡΡΡΠ΅Π±ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π΄Π²Π°ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΡ Π‘ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π‘ΠΎΡΠ·Π° ΠΌΠ°ΠΉΠΎΡΠ° ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅Ρ Π‘ΠΌΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π°, ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠΉ Π² ΠΌΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅ Π»Π°ΡΡΠ΅Π°ΡΠΎΠΌ Π‘ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΠΌΠΈΠΈ ΡΠΊΡΠ»ΡΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ Π.Π. Π’ΠΎΠΌΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ"
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Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΈ ΠΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠ° ΠΠ°Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ.
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the Order of Lenin for his performance on the mission.
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