06.03.2013 - Sté výročí narození Alexandra Ivanoviče Pokryškina

Today would have lived to be 100 years Alexander Ivanovich Pokryškin, the legendary soviet fighter, which in II. world war achieve 59 kills of enemy aircraft. Since 1972 he had the rank Marshal of the air force.

The most setřelů reached on a fighter plane of the type Bell P-39 Airacobra, which was at the time of the II. world war ii delivered with the USA to the USSR under the loan agreement and pronájnu more than 4500 Kober, which was almost half of all produced aircraft of this tzpu (9 584 pcs).

Was vyznamemnán:
3 x Hero of the Soviet union
4 x Order of the red banner
2 x Order of the red star
2 x Order of Suvorov
The order of the October revolution
and many more.

He was born in Novonikolajevsku (Tomsk governorate) 6. in march 1913, he died at the age of 72 years in Moscow 13. November 1985 and is buried in the cemetery at Novoděvičího monastery in Moscow.

To honor his memory .
06.03.2013 - Sté výročí narození Alexandra Ivanoviče Pokryškina - Památník Alexandru Ivanoviči Pokryškinovi v Novosibirsku

Památník Alexandru Ivanoviči Pokryškinovi v Novosibirsku
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