Photo of Air Force pilot F.F. Stepanov– Hero of the Soviet Union

The original photo is in excellent collector's condition. The size is 82*113 mm. Guarantee of authenticity.

Fyodor Fyodorovich Stepanov (9.4.1913 — 11/13/1986) — commander of the 1st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 23rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division of Long-range Bomber Aviation, captain. Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born on April 9, 1913, in the village of Saki, into a working-class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1942. Secondary education. He worked in the Sevastopol City Committee of the Komsomol. He served in the Red Army since 1932. In 1933, he graduated from the Kachin Military School of Pilots. He participated in the liberation campaign of Soviet troops in Ukraine and Western Belarus in 1939, the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. By January 1942, Captain Fyodor Stepanov, commander of the 1st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, candidate for membership of the CPSU(b), had carried out 142 combat sorties to bombard important targets and destroy enemy manpower and equipment. By 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 June 20, 1942, for "exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the German invaders and bravery and heroism", he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold medal. The star." In 1950, the pilot graduated from the advanced officer training courses at the Air Force Academy, and in 1953 from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Since 1962, Aviation Major General Stepanov F. F. has been in reserve. He lived in Kiev. He died on November 13, 1986.