Photo certificate of Senior Lieutenant of the Red Army Air Force V.A. Savelyev– Hero of the Soviet Union

The original photo is in good collector's condition. The size is 80*108 mm. Guarantee of authenticity.

Vasily Antonovich Saveliev (December 29, 1918, Denesikha, Staritsky District, Tver Province, RSFSR — May 13, 1985, Leningrad, USSR) was a colonel in the Soviet Army, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). Vasily Saveliev was born on December 29, 1918 in the village of Denisikha (now the Staritsky district of the Tver region). Since 1934, he lived in Leningrad, after graduating from the factory apprenticeship school, he worked as a shaper, studied at the aero club. In 1937, Saveliev was drafted to serve in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1938, he graduated from the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School of Pilots. Since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War — on its fronts. By the end of February 1943, Guards Senior Lieutenant Vasily Saveliev commanded the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army of the Kalinin Front. By that time, he had flown 235 combat missions and shot down 10 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 1, 1943, for "exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time," Guard Senior Lieutenant Vasily Saveliev was awarded the high title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal number 934. Since May 1944 For a year and until the end of the war, he fought as an assistant commander of the 63rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment for air rifle service on La-5 and La-7 fighters. By May 1945, Guards Major V. A. Saveliev had completed 333 sorties, conducted 157 air battles, shot down 12 enemy aircraft personally and as part of a group of 1. In 1945, Saveliev graduated from the Higher Tactical Flight Courses. In 1946, he was discharged into the reserve. In 1966-1975, he served in the Soviet Army again, and was discharged with the rank of colonel. He lived and worked in Leningrad. He died on May 13, 1985, and was buried at the Northern Cemetery of St. Petersburg. He was also awarded three Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and a number of medals.