Photo of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant of the Air Force V.N. Peshkov, 1941

The original photo is in excellent collector's condition. The size is 73*112 mm. The reverse side is signed, the traces are pasted into the album. Guarantee of authenticity.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Peshkov (January 11, 1911, village Gribanovka, Tambov Province — September 8, 1941) — flag navigator of the aviation squadron of the 49th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 15th Army of the Northwestern Front, senior lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born on January 11, 1911 in the village of Gribanovka (now the urban-type settlement of Gribanovsky, Voronezh Region) in a peasant family. Russian. Member of the CPSU (b) since 1939. In 1934 he graduated from the Institute of Chemical Technology. He worked at a factory in Voronezh. He served in the Red Army in 1934-1935 and since 1937. He graduated from the military aviation school of pilots. He participated in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940. By March 1940, Senior Lieutenant V. Peshkov, the flag navigator of the aviation squadron of the 49th Fighter Aviation Regiment, had flown 99 combat missions behind enemy lines to scout and attack military installations, and shot down three enemy aircraft in aerial battles. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 20, 1940, Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Nikolaevich Peshkov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the Finnish White Guard and his bravery and heroism. Participating in the Great Patriotic War from its early days, he was killed (shot down in an air battle at Bataysk) on September 8, 1941. The version of death in aerial combat, recorded from the fiction book of the Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Lugansky. He actually crashed in a plane crash, on his first solo flight on a LaGG-3 fighter jet. He was buried in Rostov-on-Don. He was awarded the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner.