Photo of Major of the Red Army Air Force N.F. Makarenko, Hero of the Soviet Union

The original photo is in excellent condition. The size is 67*108 mm. Guarantee of authenticity.

Nikolai Fedorovich Makarenko (May 1, 1916 — January 12, 1998) was a squadron commander of the 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 5th Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the 23rd Army of the Leningrad Front Air Force, Major. Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born on May 1, 1916 in the village of Sennoe, now Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkiv region, in a peasant family. Graduated from 7th grade. He studied at the Izyum Medical College of the Kharkiv region. He served in the Red Army since 1935. In 1938 he graduated from the Chuguev Military Aviation School of pilots. He participated in the campaign of the Red Army troops in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus in 1939, the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940.

He met the Great Patriotic War as a flight commander. He fought on the Leningrad and Voronezh fronts. By December 1941, the squadron commander of the 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (5th Mixed Aviation Division, 23rd Army, Leningrad Front), Major N. F. Makarenko, had flown 325 sorties, shot down 10 in 11 air battles and destroyed 2 enemy aircraft on the ground. He was seriously wounded in one of the battles. On February 10, 1943, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his courage and military valor shown in battles with enemies.

In 1950, he graduated with honors from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. In 1970, Colonel N. F. Makarenko joined the reserve. He lived in the city of Shchelkovo, Moscow region. He worked at an aircraft factory in Moscow. He died on January 12, 1998. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Leonikha in the Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow region.