Gavrilin Pavel Fedorovich – flight commander of the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (265th Fighter Aviation Division, 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps, 16th Air Army, 1st Belorussian Front), lieutenant.
Born on February 20, 1920 in the village of Mameshevo, Pilninsky volost, Kurmysh district, Simbirsk province (now Pilninsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region). Russian. In 1929-1938 he lived in the city of Dzerzhinsk (now Nizhny Novgorod region), from the beginning of 1938 - in the city of Stupino, Moscow region. In 1938 he graduated from the 8th grade of school. In 1938-1940 he worked as a dispatcher and electrician in the electromechanical workshop of the aviation metallurgical plant No. 150 in Stupino. In 1940 he graduated from the Stupino Aero Club.
In the army since April 1940. In March 1941 he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School. He served in the Air Force as a pilot in the 301st Fighter Aviation Regiment (Far Eastern Front). Since December 1942 - pilot of the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, undergoing retraining in the rear (Bagai-Baranovka airfield, Volsky district of the Saratov region).
Participant of the Great Patriotic War: April 1943 – May 1945 – pilot, senior pilot and flight commander of the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. He fought on the North Caucasus (April-June 1943), Southern (September-October 1943), 4th Ukrainian (October 1943 - May 1944) and 1st Belorussian (November 1944 - May 1945) fronts. Participated in the air battle in the Kuban, in the Donbass, Melitopol, Crimean, Warsaw-Poznan, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations.
On April 13, 1944, he was shot down in an air battle and seriously wounded in the neck and back. Made an emergency landing in enemy-occupied territory. He hid for 24 hours among the residents of the village of Kara-Kiyat (now the village of Grushevoye, Simferopol district, Crimea). After the liberation of the village, until September 1944 he was treated in hospitals in the cities of Melitopol (Zaporozhye region, Ukraine) and Kharkov (Ukraine).
In total, during the war he made 257 combat missions on Yak-1B, Yak-9T and Yak-3 fighters, in 61 air battles he personally shot down 22 and 1 enemy aircraft as part of a group.
For courage and heroism shown in battles with the Nazi invaders, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946, to senior lieutenant Gavrilin Pavel Fedorovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
After the war, he continued to serve in the Air Force as a flight commander of the 401st Fighter Aviation Regiment (in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany), but at the end of 1945 he was removed from flying high-speed aircraft for health reasons.
In October 1946 - October 1951 - commander of an air squad of the Directorate of the 3rd (from February 1949 - 71st) Fighter Aviation Corps (in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany).
In 1951-1952 - flight commander of the 550th separate aviation regiment of helicopters (in the Moscow Military District; the city of Serpukhov, Moscow Region), in 1952-1955 - deputy commander of the light helicopter training squadron of the 5th Air Force Training Center (Teply Stan village, now within the boundaries of Moscow). Since December 1955, Major P.F. Gavrilin has been in reserve.
In 1960-1967 he worked as a dispatcher and senior technician at aircraft plant No. 300 (development of jet engines; Moscow), in 1967-1973 - senior technician at the Turaevsky machine-building design bureau "Soyuz" (development of liquid rocket engines; Lytkarino, Moscow region).
Lived in the city of Solntsevo (since May 1984 - within Moscow). Died April 10, 1995. He was buried at the Khovanskoye cemetery in Moscow.
Lieutenant Colonel (1975). Awarded the Order of Lenin (05/15/1946), 3 Orders of the Red Banner (04/27/1944; 05/21/1944; 06/4/1945), 2 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (05/8/1943; 03/11/1985), Order of the Patriotic War 2- 1st degree (07/14/1945), 2 Orders of the Red Star (10/3/1943; 10/26/1955), the medal “For Military Merit” (11/15/1950) and other medals.
Honorary citizen of the city of Volsk, Saratov region (1974).
A bust of P.F. Gavrilin is installed on the Alley of Heroes in the village of Pilna, Nizhny Novgorod region. A street in the village of Mameshevo is named after him.
Note: Awarded for completing 244 combat missions and participating in 54 air battles, in which he personally shot down 19 enemy aircraft (as of May 1945). P.F. Gavrilin’s actual combat score at the time the award sheet was issued was higher.
Composition:
Falcon bird. Krasnoyarsk, 2010.
Biography
Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin was born on February 12, 1920 in the village of Mamyshevo, Kurmysh district, Simbirsk province of the RSFSR (now the village of Pilninsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation) into a working-class family. Russian. At an early age, Pavel Gavrilin moved to the Moscow region to live with his older brother. After finishing eight years of school, he worked as an electrician in Stupino. At the same time, he studied at the flying club.
P. F. Gavrilin was drafted into the ranks of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army by the Kashira district military registration and enlistment office of the Moscow region on September 17, 1940 and was sent to the Kachin Military Aviation School of Pilots. After its graduation in March 1941, junior lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin was sent to the 301st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Far Eastern Front. In December 1942, the flight personnel of the regiment in which pilot Gavrilin served were transferred to the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 265th Fighter Aviation Division, which was reorganized on the basis of the 8th Saratov Reserve Fighter Regiment at the Bagai-Baranovka airfield in the Volsky region Saratov region. Shortly before returning to the active army, the regiment's equipment was replenished with 22 Yak-1 aircraft, purchased with funds from residents of the city of Volsk. For some time, Pavel Fedorovich fought on the named Volsky Cementnik aircraft. In March 1943, the 265th Fighter Aviation Division became part of the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps. On April 18, 1943, the corps arrived at the disposal of the 4th Air Army of the North Caucasus Front.
In battles with the Nazi invaders, junior lieutenant P. F. Gavrilin from April 20, 1943. He fought on Yak-1, Yak-9 and Yak-3 fighters. As part of the army from April 20, 1943 to June 3, 1943, he participated in the Battle of the Caucasus, in air battles in the Kuban, and in air cover for the landing in Myskhako. Junior Lieutenant Gavrilin shot down the first enemy aircraft (U-87) near the village of Krymskaya on April 29, 1943. In total, during this period, Pavel Fedorovich made 29 combat missions and shot down 4 German aircraft.
In June 1943, the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps was transferred to reserve. His regiments were re-equipped with new Yak-9 fighters. During the Battle of Kursk, the corps was in reserve at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command, but its participation in the battles on the Kursk Bulge was not required. On September 1, 1943, the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps was transferred to the Southern Front (from October 20, 1943, the 4th Ukrainian Front), in which Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin participated in the Donbass and Melitopol operations. In November 1943, the 3rd Fighter Corps was included in the 16th Air Army and in the winter of 1944 took part in the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog operation of the 4th Ukrainian Front. In total, by March 17, 1944, Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin made 60 combat missions and shot down 9 German aircraft.
In April 1944, the Crimean operation began, during which the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front and the Separate Primorsky Army destroyed the enemy’s Crimean group and liberated the Crimean peninsula. During the operation on April 14, 1944, in an unequal battle with four German fighters, Pavel Fedorovich shot down 3 enemy Me-109s, but he himself was seriously wounded. Having landed the plane on enemy-occupied territory, he managed to reach the village of Kara-Kiyat (now the village of Grushevoye in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine), where collective farmers hid him until the approach of the Red Army. After five months of treatment in a Melitopol hospital and two months in a Kharkov hospital, Pavel Fedorovich returned to his unit, which by that time was part of the 1st Belorussian Front. In its composition, as a flight commander, Lieutenant Gavrilin participated in the Vistula-Oder operation, battles on the Küstrin bridgehead, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations. During the fighting on the 1st Belorussian Front, Pavel Fedorovich made 90 combat missions and shot down 2 enemy aircraft. During the same period, Gavrilin’s flight accounted for 39 enemy aircraft shot down. Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin met the victory in Berlin at the Dalgov airfield. In total, during the war years, Pavel Fedorovich made 257 combat missions, participated in 54 air battles and shot down 22 enemy aircraft. At the end of May 1945, Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but the awarding was delayed for almost a year.
After the end of the Great Patriotic War, Pavel Fedorovich continued to serve in the army. The 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps became part of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany and was stationed at Stendal airfield. However, in October 1945, Senior Lieutenant Gavrilin did not pass the medical examination. It took the personal intervention of N. N. Burdenko to be allowed to fly, but only on Po-2 type aircraft.
On May 15, 1946, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal number 7012. Pavel Fedorovich returned to Germany with the rank of captain and was appointed commander of the corps communications squadron. Subsequently, P. F. Gavrilin mastered the first Soviet helicopters and passed on his experience to young pilots. In 1955, Lieutenant Colonel P.F. Gavrilin was transferred to the reserve for health reasons. He lived in the Moscow region, first in Teply Stan, then in Solntsevo (now within the city limits of Moscow). On April 10, 1995, Pavel Fedorovich died. He was buried in Moscow at the Khovanskoye cemetery.
Awards and titles
Medal "Gold Star" (05/15/1946)
Order of Lenin (05/15/1946)
Order of the Red Banner - three times (04/27/1944; 05/21/1944; 06/04/1945
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class - twice (05/08/1943; 03/11/1985)
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (07/14/1945)
Order of the Red Star - twice (09/30/1943, 1955)
Medals, including:
Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus"
Honorary citizen of the city of Volsk, Saratov region
List of famous personal victories of P. F. Gavrilin
No. Date Aircraft type Battle location
1 04/29/1943 Junkers Ju 87 Crimean
2 04/29/1943 Junkers Ju 87 Crimean
3 04/30/1943 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Crimean
4 05/26/1943 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Kyiv
5 09/26/1943 Henschel Hs 129 Mikhailovka
6 02/10/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Yasnaya beam, left bank of the Dnieper
7 03/11/1944 Junkers Ju 87 south of Russky Island
8 03/17/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Krasnoperekopsk region
9 03/17/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Krasnoperekopsk region
10 04/10/1944 Junkers Ju 87 Voinka
11 04/11/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Bohemian
12 04/11/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Dzhankoy
13 04/12/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Simferopol region of Crimea
14 04/12/1944 Junkers Ju 87 Simferopol region of Crimea
15 04/14/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Kara-Kiyat
16 04/14/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Kara-Kiyat
17 04/14/1944 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Kara-Kiyat
18 03/08/1945 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger Altdamm
19 03/27/1945 Messerschmitt Bf.109 Kienitz
20 04/20/1945 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger Werneuchen
21 04/22/1945 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger Sachsenhausen
22 04/24/1945 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger Germany
Memory
A bust of Hero of the Soviet Union P. F. Gavrilin was installed in the village of Pilna, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation
A street in the village of Mamyoshevo, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation is named after the Hero of the Soviet Union P. F. Gavrilin
Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin was born on February 20, 1920 in the village of Mameshevo (now Pilninsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region). Russian by nationality. Since 1929 he lived in the city of Dzerzhinsk, Gorky region, and since 1938 - in the city of Stupino, Moscow region.
After graduating from eight grades of school, Gavrilin worked as a dispatcher and electrician in the electromechanical workshop of the Stupino Aviation Metallurgical Plant No. 150. He graduated from the flying club in Stupino without interrupting his work.
In April 1940, Gavrilin was called up to serve in the Kashira District Military Commissariat of the Moscow Region. In March 1941, he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation School of Pilots, after which he served as a pilot in the 301st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Far Eastern Front. In December 1942, he was transferred to the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, which at that time was undergoing retraining for new aircraft in the Saratov region.
Since April 1943 - at the fronts. He fought as a pilot, senior pilot, and flight commander of the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. Participated in battles on the North Caucasus, Southern, 4th Ukrainian and fronts. He took part in the liberation of the Krasnodar Territory, Donbass, Ukrainian SSR, Crimea, Poland.
Already on May 4, 1943, Gavrilin was presented with his first military award - the Order of the Red Banner - for 10 combat missions and 3 downed enemy aircraft. However, the higher command reduced the status of the award to the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree. He invariably showed high effectiveness in his combat work. So, only on April 11, 1944, in one combat mission, he took part in 5 air battles, shooting down 2 German Me-109 fighters. Two days later, on April 13, 1944, he shot down 3 more fighters in one air battle, was seriously wounded in the spine and made an emergency landing near the village of Kara-Kiyat (now Grushyovoye, Simferopol region of Crimea). Before the liberation of this village by Soviet troops, he hid with local residents, and then was sent to the hospital.
At the final stage of the war, the commander of the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, Major A.E. Rubakhin, nominated Lieutenant Gavrilin to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for completing 244 sorties to cover ground forces, escort bombers and attack aircraft, aerial reconnaissance, and attack concentrations of military equipment and manpower. the enemy, his important objects, interception of enemy aircraft, free hunting. At the time of presentation, in 54 air battles, he personally shot down 19 enemy aircraft of various types. In total, during the war he made 257 combat missions, took part in 61 air battles, shooting down 22 enemy aircraft personally and 1 more as part of a group.
After the end of the war, Gavrilin continued to serve in the Soviet Army. He served in the aviation units of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Moscow Military District. In December 1955, with the rank of major, he was transferred to the reserve, and later he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel in the reserve. He lived in the city of Solntsevo, Moscow Region (now within Moscow), in 1960-1967 he worked as a dispatcher and senior technician at aircraft plant No. 300, which designed jet engines. In 1967-1973 he worked as a senior technician at the Turaevsky machine-building design bureau "Soyuz", which was engaged in the design of liquid-propellant rocket engines. He died on April 10, 1995, and was buried at the Khovanskoye Northern Cemetery in Moscow.
Born on February 12, 1920 in the village of Malinovo, now Pilninsky district of the Gorky region, in a working-class family. After graduating from the 8th grade of school in the city of Stupino, Moscow region, Pavel Gavrilin worked as an electrician. Since 1940 in the ranks of the Red Army. In 1941 he graduated from the Kachin Military Aviation Pilot School. Then he served in Primorye.
Since April 1943, Junior Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
By the end of the war, the flight commander of the 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (265th Fighter Aviation Division, 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps, 16th Air Army, 1st Belorussian Front) Lieutenant P. F. Gavrilin made 257 successful combat missions. Having carried out 54 air battles, he shot down 22 aircraft personally and 1 in pairs.
On May 15, 1946, for courage and military valor shown in battles with enemies, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
After the war he continued to serve in the Air Force. Since 1955, Lieutenant Colonel P.F. Gavrilin has been in reserve. Lived in Solntsevo (within Moscow). Died April 10, 1995. He was buried in Moscow, at the Khovanskoye cemetery.
Awarded the orders: Lenin, Red Banner (three times), Patriotic War 1st degree (twice), Patriotic War 2nd degree, Red Star (twice); medals.
* * *This happened in the spring of 1944, when the Crimean operation was in full swing and our mobile units were driving the Germans across the entire Crimea. Aviation had a lot of work these days. We flew bombing missions, ground attack missions, and patrol missions. There were constant skirmishes with German fighters and bombers...
On April 11, fighter pilot Senior Lieutenant Pavel Gavrilin shot down 3 Germans. The next day, from very early morning, Gavrilin was already sitting in the cockpit of his plane again, setting off on a new mission. Together with his wingman, Junior Lieutenant Konstantin Alekseenko, he went to cover our troops. Walking along the route, he saw a Ju-52 transport take off from a German airfield, followed by an Me-109 fighter. Gavrilin immediately took up the Junkers, and the knocked out German went to the ground. "Messer" tried to attack Gavrilin at this time, but was shot down by his partner.
Following this, Gavrilin met a group of German bombers and drove them all the way to Sevastopol. Returning home, Gavrilin noticed a German airfield hidden between the hills. 4 Me-109s took off from the airfield. Alekseenko, who had run out of fuel, had gone home by that time. Gavrilin was alone. There was no headroom, since Gavrilin walked without shaving. Still, he decided to fight and entered into battle with 4 German fighters. The battle began at an altitude of 150 meters and ended at an altitude of 3000 meters. It was a very difficult and complex bond. And Gavrilin won it. He shot down one German, and he fell burning on the Crimean soil. Then he shot down the 2nd Messer and saw a paratrooper jump out of it. Gavrilin attacked the paratrooper, but at that moment a shell pierced the armored back and seriously wounded Gavrilin in the head and back.
Now Gavrilin, already wounded, had to fight with the remaining 2 Messers. Blood dripped to the bottom of the cabin; his weakening arms did not obey. And yet Gavrilin managed to deceive the Germans and leave the battle. Now he was alone in the air. But he was no longer able to make it home. He grew weaker and could barely make out the ground. She swayed and swam before his eyes - vague and desirable. Losing consciousness, he put the car on his stomach. The hand automatically turned off the gas and he lost consciousness. The car crawled along the ground for several tens of meters and stopped.
The pilot sat motionless in it. He saw nothing in front of him, could not move his arm or leg. And yet he found himself on the ground. What force lifted him out of his seat and made him crawl on the ground? The will of a fighter who fights as long as there is even a spark of life in him.
He woke up on the ground, away from the plane. He did not remember how he got out of the cabin, how he walked, staggering, as if drunk, across the field, how he fell, crawled. Then he came to his senses. There were enemies around. They were driven from Perekop to the south. The fleeing ones were even more vicious, and if a Soviet pilot had fallen into their hands, they would have torn him to pieces.
Gavrilin climbed into the crater, and when it got dark, he somehow got out of it and knocked on the door of the first house he came across on the outskirts of a village unfamiliar to him. He put his life in the hands of those he fought for.
Collective farmer Gavriil Lazarevich Talalov lived in this dilapidated house. The door was opened by his wife Alexandra Ivanovna. Seeing the bloodied pilot, she took a step back. Then she rushed to the pilot. Together with her husband, who ran out into the hallway, she dragged Gavrilin into the house and tightly locked the door. The Germans were scurrying around, and secret, hasty work was going on in the tightly closed house.
The Talalovs pulled off Gavrilin's overalls and hid them. Then they took off his bloody underwear, washed his wounds, bandaged him, dressed the pilot in clean underwear, gave him hot milk and covered him up.
A day later, Soviet troops occupied the village. There was an airfield not far from it. In the morning, Gavriil Lazarevich harnessed the horse and took the pilot to the airfield. There was a regiment in which Gavrilin served. Talalov came to the regiment and said:
Here, I delivered your hero to you.
The whole village considered Gavrilin a hero. Many of its residents saw how Gavrilin fought alone against 4, how he knocked down 2 Germans, how a German paratrooper jumped out. The collective farmers captured the Nazis and hid Gavrilin.
That's the whole story. All that remains to be added to it as an epilogue is that Pavel Gavrilin soon recovered and again took his place in the pilot’s cabin.
20 years later, thanks to the magazine report “Remember, People,” the Talalovs and Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin met again.
This happened in the village of Enem near Krasnodar, where the Talalovs now live. Gavrilin found them and came to see his saviors. And now all three are together again and remember the old days and the distant village where they first met. It must be said that the Talalovs, who sheltered the Soviet pilot, were not alone in the village and were no exception. Many residents of the village, like other Crimean villages, helped the fighting army.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 15, 1946, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown, Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. (No. 7012).
* * *List of all known victories of Lieutenant P. F. Gavrilin:
(From the book by M. Yu. Bykov - “Victories of Stalin’s Falcons”. Publishing house “YAUZA - EKSMO”, 2008.)
| № p/p | Date | Downed aircraft | Air battle location (victory) | Their aircraft |
| 1 | 04/29/1943 | 2 Ju-87 | Crimean | Yak-1, Yak-9, Yak-3. |
| 2 | 04/30/1943 | 1 Me-109 | Crimean | |
| 3 | 05/26/1943 | 1 Me-109 | Kyiv | |
| 4 | 09/26/1943 | 1 Hs-129 | Mikhailovka | |
| 5 | 02/10/1944 | 1 Me-109 | beam Yasnaya | |
| 6 | 03/11/1944 | 1 Ju-87 | south O. Russian | |
| 7 | 03/17/1944 | 2 Me-109 | Myasnikovka | |
| 8 | 04/10/1944 | 1 Ju-87 | south Warrior | |
| 9 | 04/11/1944 | 1 Me-109 | Bohemian | |
| 10 | 1 Me-109 | zap. Dzhankoy | ||
| 11 | 04/12/1944 | 1 Me-109 | Sarabuz | |
| 12 | 1 Ju-87 | Sarabuz | ||
| 13 | 04/14/1944 | 1 Me-109 | Kara - Kiyat | |
| 14 | 03/08/1945 | 1 FW-190 | south Altdamm | |
| 15 | 03/27/1945 | 1 Me-109 | southwest Kienitz | |
| 16 | 04/20/1945 | 1 FW-190 | north - east Vernohe | |
| 17 | 04/22/1945 | 1 FW-190 | eastern Sachsenhausen | |
| 18 | 04/24/1945 | 1 FW-190 | north Konradshe | |
| 19 | 1 Non-111 (in pair - 1/2) | aer. Dalgov | ||
Total aircraft shot down - 22 + 1; combat sorties - 257; air battles - 54. |
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Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin(-) - Soviet military pilot. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Hero of the Soviet Union (). Lieutenant Colonel.
Biography
Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin was born on February 12, 1920 in the village of Mamyshevo, Kurmysh district, Simbirsk province of the RSFSR (now the village of Pilninsky district, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation) into a working-class family. Russian . At an early age, Pavel Gavrilin moved to the Moscow region to live with his older brother. After finishing eight years of school, he worked as an electrician in Stupino. At the same time, he studied at the flying club.
In battles with the Nazi invaders, junior lieutenant P. F. Gavrilin from April 20, 1943. He fought on Yak-1, Yak-9 and Yak-3 fighters. As part of the army from April 20, 1943 to June 3, 1943, he took part in the Battle of the Caucasus, in air battles in the Kuban, and in air cover for the landing in Myskhako. Junior Lieutenant Gavrilin shot down the first enemy aircraft (U-87) near the village of Krymskaya on April 29, 1943. In total, during this period, Pavel Fedorovich made 29 combat missions and shot down 4 German aircraft.
In June 1943, the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps was transferred to reserve. His regiments were re-equipped with new Yak-9 fighters. During the Battle of Kursk, the corps was in reserve at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command, but its participation in the battles on the Kursk Bulge was not required. On September 1, 1943, the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps was transferred to the Southern Front (from October 20, 1943, the 4th Ukrainian Front), in which Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin participated in the Donbass and Melitopol operations. In November 1943, the 3rd Fighter Corps was included in the 16th Air Army and in the winter of 1944 took part in the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog operation of the 4th Ukrainian Front. In total, by March 17, 1944, Lieutenant P.F. Gavrilin made 60 combat missions and shot down 9 German aircraft.
On May 15, 1946, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Pavel Fedorovich Gavrilin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal number 7012. Pavel Fedorovich returned to Germany with the rank of captain and was appointed commander of the corps communications squadron. Subsequently, P. F. Gavrilin mastered the first Soviet helicopters and passed on his experience to young pilots. In 1955, Lieutenant Colonel P.F. Gavrilin was transferred to the reserve for health reasons. He lived in the Moscow region, first in Teply Stan, then in Solntsevo (now within the city limits of Moscow). On April 10, 1995, Pavel Fedorovich died. He was buried in Moscow at the Khovanskoye cemetery.
Awards and titles
- Medal "Gold Star" (05/15/1946).
- Order of Lenin (05/15/1946).
- Order of the Red Banner - three times (04/27/1944; 05/21/1944; 06/04/1945).
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree - twice (05/08/1943; 03/11/1985).
- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (07/14/1945).
- Order of the Red Star - twice (09/30/1943, 1955).
- Medals, including:
- Honorary citizen of the city of Volsk, Saratov region.
List of famous personal victories of P. F. Gavrilin
| № | date | Aircraft type | Battle location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29.04.1943 | Junkers Ju 87 | Crimean |
| 2 | 29.04.1943 | Junkers Ju 87 | Crimean |
| 3 | 30.04.1943 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Crimean |
| 4 | 26.05.1943 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Kyiv |
| 5 | 26.09.1943 | Henschel Hs 129 | Mikhailovka |
| 6 | 10.02.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Yasnaya beam, left bank of the Dnieper |
| 7 | 11.03.1944 | Junkers Ju 87 | south of Russky Island |
| 8 | 17.03.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Krasnoperekopsky district |
| 9 | 17.03.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Krasnoperekopsky district |
| 10 | 10.04.1944 | Junkers Ju 87 | Warrior |
| 11 | 11.04.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Bohemian |
| 12 | 11.04.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Dzhankoy |
| 13 | 12.04.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Simferopol region of Crimea |
| 14 | 12.04.1944 | Junkers Ju 87 | Simferopol region of Crimea |
| 15 | 14.04.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Kara-Kiyat |
| 16 | 14.04.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Kara-Kiyat |
| 17 | 14.04.1944 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Kara-Kiyat |
| 18 | 08.03.1945 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger | Altdamm |
| 19 | 27.03.1945 | Messerschmitt Bf.109 | Kienitz |
| 20 | 20.04.1945 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger | Verneuchen |
| 21 | 22.04.1945 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger | Sachsenhausen |
| 22 | 24.04.1945 | Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Wurger | Germany |
Memory
- A bust of Hero of the Soviet Union P. F. Gavrilin was installed in the village of Pilna, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation.
- A street in the village of Mamyoshevo, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, is named after the Hero of the Soviet Union P.F. Gavrilin.
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Excerpt characterizing Gavrilin, Pavel Fedorovich
Nesvitsky was there, like an old member of the club. Pierre, who, at the orders of his wife, had let his hair grow, had taken off his glasses and was dressed fashionably, but with a sad and despondent look, walked through the halls. He, as everywhere else, was surrounded by an atmosphere of people who worshiped his wealth, and he treated them with the habit of kingship and absent-minded contempt.According to his years, he should have been with the young; according to his wealth and connections, he was a member of the circles of old, respectable guests, and therefore he moved from one circle to another.
The most important old men formed the center of the circles, to which even strangers respectfully approached to listen to famous people. Large circles were formed around Count Rostopchin, Valuev and Naryshkin. Rostopchin talked about how the Russians were crushed by the fleeing Austrians and had to make their way through the fugitives with a bayonet.
Valuev confidentially said that Uvarov was sent from St. Petersburg in order to find out the opinion of Muscovites about Austerlitz.
In the third circle, Naryshkin spoke about a meeting of the Austrian military council, in which Suvorov crowed the rooster in response to the stupidity of the Austrian generals. Shinshin, who was standing right there, wanted to joke, saying that Kutuzov, apparently, could not learn this simple art of cock-crow from Suvorov; but the old men looked sternly at the joker, letting him feel that here and today it was so indecent to talk about Kutuzov.
Count Ilya Andreich Rostov, anxiously, hurriedly walked in his soft boots from the dining room to the living room, hastily and in exactly the same way greeting important and unimportant persons whom he knew all, and occasionally looking for his slender young son with his eyes, joyfully resting his gaze on him and winked at him. Young Rostov stood at the window with Dolokhov, whom he had recently met and whose acquaintance he valued. The old count approached them and shook Dolokhov's hand.
- You are welcome to me, you know my fellow... together there, together they were heroes... A! Vasily Ignatich... is very old,” he turned to a passing old man, but before he could finish his greeting, everything began to stir, and a footman who came running, with a frightened face, reported: “You’re here!”
The bells rang out; the sergeants rushed forward; The guests scattered in different rooms, like shaken rye on a shovel, crowded into one heap and stopped in the large living room at the door of the hall.
Bagration appeared at the front door, without his hat and sword, which, according to club custom, he left with the doorman. He was not in a smushkov cap with a whip over his shoulder, as Rostov saw him on the night before the Battle of Austerlitz, but in a new narrow uniform with Russian and foreign orders and with the Star of St. George on the left side of his chest. Apparently, before lunch, he had cut his hair and sideburns, which changed his face unfavorably. There was something naively festive on his face, which, in combination with his firm, courageous features, even gave a somewhat comic expression to his face. Bekleshov and Fyodor Petrovich Uvarov, who had arrived with him, stopped at the door, wanting him, as the main guest, to go ahead of them. Bagration was confused, not wanting to take advantage of their politeness; There was a stop at the door, and finally Bagration still walked forward. He walked, not knowing where to put his hands, shyly and awkwardly, along the parquet floor of the reception room: it was more familiar and easier for him to walk under bullets across a plowed field, as he walked in front of the Kursk regiment in Shengraben. The elders met him at the first door, telling him a few words about the joy of seeing such a dear guest, and without waiting for his answer, as if taking possession of him, they surrounded him and led him into the living room. In the doorway of the living room there was no way to pass from the crowded members and guests, crushing each other and trying over each other’s shoulders, like a rare animal, to look at Bagration. Count Ilya Andreich, the most energetic of all, laughing and saying: “Let me go, mon cher, let me go, let me go,” pushed through the crowd, led the guests into the living room and seated them on the middle sofa. The aces, the most honorable members of the club, surrounded the new arrivals. Count Ilya Andreich, again pushing through the crowd, left the living room and a minute later appeared with another foreman, carrying a large silver dish, which he presented to Prince Bagration. On the platter lay poems composed and printed in honor of the hero. Bagration, seeing the dish, looked around in fear, as if looking for help. But in all eyes there was a demand that he submit. Feeling himself in their power, Bagration resolutely, with both hands, took the dish and angrily, reproachfully looked at the count who was presenting it. Someone helpfully took the dish out of Bagration’s hands (otherwise he seemed to intend to keep it like that until the evening and go to the table like that) and drew his attention to the poems. “Well, I’ll read it,” Bagration seemed to say and, fixing his tired eyes on the paper, he began to read with a concentrated and serious look. The writer himself took the poems and began to read. Prince Bagration bowed his head and listened.
"Glory to Alexander age
And protect us Titus on the throne,
Be a terrible leader and a kind person,
Ripheus is in his fatherland and Caesar is on the battlefield.
Yes, happy Napoleon,
Having learned through experience what Bagration is like,
Alkidov doesn’t dare bother the Russians any more...”
But he had not yet finished the verses when the loud butler announced: “The food is ready!” The door opened, a Polish voice thundered from the dining room: “Roll out the thunder of victory, rejoice, brave Ross,” and Count Ilya Andreich, looking angrily at the author, who continued to read poetry, bowed to Bagration. Everyone stood up, feeling that dinner was more important than poetry, and again Bagration went to the table ahead of everyone. In the first place, between the two Alexanders - Bekleshov and Naryshkin, which also had significance in relation to the name of the sovereign, Bagration was seated: 300 people were seated in the dining room according to rank and importance, who was more important, closer to the guest being honored: as naturally as water spills deeper there, where the terrain is lower.
Just before dinner, Count Ilya Andreich introduced his son to the prince. Bagration, recognizing him, said several awkward, awkward words, like all the words he spoke that day. Count Ilya Andreich joyfully and proudly looked around at everyone while Bagration spoke with his son.
Nikolai Rostov, Denisov and his new acquaintance Dolokhov sat down together almost in the middle of the table. Opposite them, Pierre sat down next to Prince Nesvitsky. Count Ilya Andreich sat opposite Bagration with other elders and treated the prince, personifying Moscow hospitality.
His labors were not in vain. His dinners, fast and fast, were magnificent, but he still could not be completely calm until the end of dinner. He winked at the barman, whispered orders to the footmen, and, not without excitement, awaited each dish he knew. Everything was amazing. On the second course, along with the gigantic sterlet (when Ilya Andreich saw it, he blushed with joy and shyness), the footmen began popping the corks and pouring champagne. After the fish, which made some impression, Count Ilya Andreich exchanged glances with the other elders. - “There will be a lot of toasts, it’s time to start!” – he whispered and took the glass in his hands and stood up. Everyone fell silent and waited for him to speak.
- Health of the Emperor! - he shouted, and at that very moment his kind eyes were moistened with tears of joy and delight. At that very moment they started playing: “Roll the thunder of victory.” Everyone stood up from their seats and shouted hurray! and Bagration shouted hurray! in the same voice with which he shouted on the Shengraben field. The enthusiastic voice of young Rostov was heard from behind all 300 voices. He almost cried. “The health of the Emperor,” he shouted, “hurray!” – Having drunk his glass in one gulp, he threw it on the floor. Many followed his example. And the loud screams continued for a long time. When the voices fell silent, the footmen picked up the broken dishes, and everyone began to sit down, smiling at their shouts and talking to each other. Count Ilya Andreich stood up again, looked at the note lying next to his plate and proposed a toast to the health of the hero of our last campaign, Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration, and again the count’s blue eyes were moistened with tears. Hooray! the voices of 300 guests shouted again, and instead of music, singers were heard singing a cantata composed by Pavel Ivanovich Kutuzov.
“All obstacles for the Russians are in vain,
Bravery is the key to victory,
We have Bagrations,
All enemies will be at your feet,” etc.
The singers had just finished when more and more toasts followed, during which Count Ilya Andreich became more and more emotional, and even more dishes were broken, and even more shouting. They drank to the health of Bekleshov, Naryshkin, Uvarov, Dolgorukov, Apraksin, Valuev, to the health of the elders, to the health of the manager, to the health of all club members, to the health of all club guests, and finally, separately to the health of the founder of the dinner, Count Ilya Andreich. At this toast, the count took out a handkerchief and, covering his face with it, completely burst into tears.
Pierre sat opposite Dolokhov and Nikolai Rostov. He ate a lot and greedily and drank a lot, as always. But those who knew him briefly saw that some big change had taken place in him that day. He was silent the entire time of dinner and, squinting and wincing, looked around him or, stopping his eyes, with an air of complete absent-mindedness, rubbed the bridge of his nose with his finger. His face was sad and gloomy. He seemed to not see or hear anything happening around him, and was thinking about something alone, heavy and unresolved.
This unresolved question that tormented him, there were hints from the princess in Moscow about Dolokhov’s closeness to his wife and this morning the anonymous letter he received, in which it was said with that vile playfulness that is characteristic of all anonymous letters that he sees poorly through his glasses, and that his wife’s connection with Dolokhov is a secret only to him. Pierre decidedly did not believe either the princess’s hints or the letter, but he was now afraid to look at Dolokhov, who was sitting in front of him. Every time his gaze accidentally met Dolokhov’s beautiful, insolent eyes, Pierre felt something terrible, ugly rising in his soul, and he quickly turned away. Unwittingly remembering everything that had happened with his wife and her relationship with Dolokhov, Pierre saw clearly that what was said in the letter could be true, could at least seem true if it did not concern his wife. Pierre involuntarily recalled how Dolokhov, to whom everything was returned after the campaign, returned to St. Petersburg and came to him. Taking advantage of his carousing friendship with Pierre, Dolokhov came directly to his house, and Pierre accommodated him and lent him money. Pierre recalled how Helen, smiling, expressed her displeasure that Dolokhov lived in their house, and how Dolokhov cynically praised the beauty of his wife, and how from that time until his arrival in Moscow he was not separated from them for a minute.
“Yes, he is very handsome,” thought Pierre, I know him. It would be a special delight for him to dishonor my name and laugh at me, precisely because I worked for him and looked after him, helped him. I know, I understand what salt this should give to his deception in his eyes, if it were true. Yes, if it were true; but I don’t believe, I don’t have the right and I can’t believe.” He recalled the expression that Dolokhov's face took on when moments of cruelty came over him, like those in which he tied up a policeman with a bear and set him afloat, or when he challenged a man to a duel without any reason, or killed a coachman's horse with a pistol. . This expression was often on Dolokhov's face when he looked at him. “Yes, he’s a brute,” thought Pierre, it doesn’t mean anything to him to kill a man, it must seem to him that everyone is afraid of him, he must be pleased with this. He must think that I am afraid of him too. And really I’m afraid of him,” thought Pierre, and again with these thoughts he felt something terrible and ugly rising in his soul. Dolokhov, Denisov and Rostov were now sitting opposite Pierre and seemed very cheerful. Rostov chatted merrily with his two friends, one of whom was a dashing hussar, the other a famous raider and rake, and occasionally glanced mockingly at Pierre, who at this dinner impressed with his concentrated, absent-minded, massive figure. Rostov looked at Pierre unkindly, firstly, because Pierre, in his hussar eyes, was a rich civilian, the husband of a beauty, generally a woman; secondly, because Pierre, in the concentration and distraction of his mood, did not recognize Rostov and did not respond to his bow. When they began to drink the sovereign's health, Pierre, lost in thought, did not get up and take the glass.
- What are you doing? - Rostov shouted to him, looking at him with enthusiastically embittered eyes. - Don't you hear? health of the sovereign emperor! - Pierre sighed, stood up obediently, drank his glass and, waiting until everyone sat down, turned to Rostov with his kind smile.
“But I didn’t recognize you,” he said. - But Rostov had no time for that, he shouted hurray!
“Why don’t you renew your acquaintance,” Dolokhov said to Rostov.
“God be with him, you fool,” said Rostov.
“We must cherish the husbands of pretty women,” Denisov said. Pierre did not hear what they said, but he knew that they were talking about him. He blushed and turned away.
“Well, now for the health of beautiful women,” said Dolokhov, and with a serious expression, but with a smiling mouth at the corners, he turned to Pierre with a glass.
“For the health of beautiful women, Petrusha, and their lovers,” he said.
Pierre, with his eyes downcast, drank from his glass, without looking at Dolokhov or answering him. The footman who was handing out Kutuzov's cantata put the sheet of paper on Pierre, as a more honored guest. He wanted to take it, but Dolokhov leaned over, snatched the piece of paper from his hand and began to read. Pierre looked at Dolokhov, his pupils sank: something terrible and ugly, which had been bothering him throughout dinner, rose up and took possession of him. He leaned his entire corpulent body across the table: “Don’t you dare take it!” - he shouted.