Photo of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant F.S. Chesnokov

The original wartime photo is in good collector's condition. The TASS newsreel. The size is 73*110 mm. There are traces of pasting into the album on the back. Very rare. Guarantee of authenticity.

Fyodor Sergeyevich Chesnokov (April 28, 1922, Moscow Region — July 7, 2004, Moscow) was a flight commander of the 367th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 132nd Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the North Caucasian Front, second lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born on April 28, 1922, in the village of Veal, now in the Lukhovitsky district of the Moscow region, into a peasant family. Member of the CPSU since 1944. He graduated from grades 7 of school No. 95 and the Federal Law School in Moscow. He worked as a turner at a machine-building plant. Graduated from the aero club. In the Red Army since 1940. In 1941, he graduated from the Kirovabad Military Aviation School of Pilots. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since April 1942. By May 1943, flight commander of the 367th Bomber Aviation Regiment, Junior Lieutenant Fyodor Chesnokov, had completed one hundred and seventy-one successful sorties, one hundred and forty—five of them at night, bombing and reconnaissance targets behind enemy lines, as well as his troops. In aerial combat, a brave bomber pilot shot down one and destroyed twenty-one enemy aircraft on the ground. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On awarding the title Hero of the Soviet Union to the commanding staff of the Red Army Air Force" dated May 24, 1943, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal for "exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the German invaders and his bravery and heroism". A star." Since 1944, he has been a member of the CPSU(b). After the war, F. S. Chesnokov continued to serve in the Soviet Air Force. In 1947, he graduated from the Higher Officer Training Courses. Since 1959, Colonel F. S. Chesnokov has been in reserve. He lived in the hero city of Moscow. Since March 1960, he has been a technical labor inspector at the Central Committee of the Aviation and Defense Industry Workers' Union, and since 1977, at the Central Committee of the General Engineering Workers' Union. In 1967 he graduated from the electromechanical college. He died on July 7, 2004. He was buried at the Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, and medals. The Hero's name was borne by the pioneer squad of a school in the village of Gorodnya, Lukhovitsky district, Moscow region.