Photo of the Hero of the Soviet Union S.A. Frolovsky

The original wartime photograph is in very good collector's condition. The size is 55*80 mm. There are traces of pasting into the album on the back. Guarantee of authenticity.

Semyon Alekseevich Frolovsky (1906-1998) — captain of the Soviet Army, participant of the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). By June 1943, Senior Lieutenant Semyon Frolovsky commanded the Li-2 airship of the 1st Aviation Regiment of the 1st Air Transport Division of the Air Force Group. By that time, he had flown 500 combat missions behind the front line to deliver supplies for partisans and reconnaissance groups, transported more than a thousand scouts and paratroopers, and evacuated more than three hundred wounded. As part of the group, he shot down 2 German planes. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated August 7, 1943, Senior Lieutenant Semyon Frolovsky was awarded the high title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal number 1065 for "exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the German invaders and his courage and heroism." In 1946, Frolovsky was discharged with the rank of captain. He lived in Moscow and worked as a pilot on international flights. He died on April 16, 1998, and was buried at the Troekurovsky Cemetery in Moscow. He was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner and the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Badge of Honor and a number of medals.