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While still alive, Nosov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on
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It is manifest to all: an unquenchable force of hatred for the enemy and ardent love for the homeland motivated each crew member. This unstoppable force inspired them to heroic deeds and called them to mount their fate to victory. For this victory, these Baltic
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Victor Nosov's father, Peter
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precious lives. The feat of these heroes of the Baltic, Victor Nosov and his comrades
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has memorialized Nosov in several ways. There is a memorial with a bust of Nosov (by A. I Frolov) in front of
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Remember this: in the Baltic out so far from shore / How he hit the transport like a steel meteor / And the sea, it swallowed him and he was gone / But the explosion echoed like a victory song.
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with the names of alumni who died during the Great
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twin-engined light bombers. He flew his first mission on
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