Vyacheslav Fedorovich Sirotin(1913-1948) - Major of the Soviet Army, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
Biography
Vyacheslav Sirotin was born on September 22, 1913 in St. Petersburg. After finishing seven years of school, he worked as a turner. In 1934, Sirotin was drafted into the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1937, he graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School of Pilots and Flight Engineers. Since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War - on its fronts. In battles he was repeatedly shot down and wounded.
By October 1944, Captain Vyacheslav Sirotin was an assistant in the air rifle service to the commander of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 190th Fighter Aviation Division of the 11th Fighter Air Corps of the 3rd Air Army of the 1st Baltic Front. By that time, he had flown 233 combat missions, personally shooting down 15 enemy aircraft.
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated February 23, 1945, for “exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, courage, bravery and heroism shown in the fight against the German invaders,” Major Vyacheslav Sirotin was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal » number 4183.
He also took part in the Soviet-Japanese War. After graduation, he continued to serve in the Soviet Army in the Far East. Tragically died in a plane crash on August 7, 1948, and was buried in the village of Khorol, Primorsky Territory.
He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree and the Red Star, and a number of medals.
WITH Irotin Vyacheslav Fedorovich - assistant commander of the 17th Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree fighter aviation regiment for the air rifle service (190th Polotsk Red Banner Order of Kutuzov, 2nd degree fighter aviation division, 11th Fighter Aviation Corps, 3rd Air Force Army, 1st Baltic Front), captain.
Born on September 22, 1913 in the city of St. Petersburg. From a working-class family. Russian. He graduated from 7 classes of junior high school. He worked as a turner.
In 1934 he was drafted into the Red Army. In 1937 he graduated from the 9th Kharkov Military School of Pilots and Observer Pilots.
Since June 22, 1941, deputy squadron commander of the 123rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, senior political instructor V.F. Sirotin, served on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. He fought on the Western Front, flew I-153 and Yak-1. He won his first aerial victory on the second day of the war. He fought as part of the 123rd Fighter Aviation Regiment until October 1941, during which time he performed 30 combat missions and personally shot down 6 enemy aircraft.
On June 25, 1941, he flew out to intercept a group of bombers traveling under the cover of fighters to bomb the city of Slutsk. At the head of the eight, I-153 intercepted the enemy on the outskirts of the city, despite the enemy’s superiority, and prevented an attack on the city. In this battle he shot down 1 bomber and 1 fighter, he himself was wounded, but managed to bring the plane to his airfield and land it.
From August 5 to September 15, 1941, as part of his regiment, he participated in the defense of the city of Moscow, during which time he carried out 41 combat missions, 35 of them at night.
In September 1941, V.F. Sirotin’s squadron was transferred to defend Leningrad and Kronstadt. On the Leningrad Front, he carried out 56 combat missions, shot down 2 enemy aircraft and 1 balloon. On October 11, 1941, Sirotin was wounded in an air battle with two Messerschmidts, landed the damaged plane “on its belly”, and was taken out of the cockpit in an unconscious state. After the hospital he never returned to his regiment. In total, from June 22 to October 11, 1941, he performed 189 combat missions, conducted 55 air battles, shot down 8 enemy aircraft and 1 balloon.
From April 1942 to 1943, he served in the 238th Fighter Aviation Regiment (239th Fighter Aviation Division, 7th Air Army, Northwestern Front), flew LaGG-3.
From June 1943, as part of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment, he mastered the R-39 Airacobra fighter and flew it until the end of the war. For almost a year the regiment was in retraining and in reserve. From June 22, 1944 - in battles on the 1st Baltic Front. V.F. Sirotin was appointed assistant commander of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment for air rifle service. On this front, by October 1944, he had carried out 62 combat missions and personally shot down 7 FV-190 aircraft. Participated in the Belarusian and Baltic offensive operations.
On July 11, 1944, covering the advance of the 1st Tank Corps, it met 6 FV-190 aircraft and entered into battle with superior enemy forces. A flight of Soviet fighters shot down 2 planes without losses, one of them was Captain V.F. Sirotin personally.
On August 15, 1944, a couple was returning from reconnaissance. Having discovered a group of German aircraft, he ordered his wingman to deliver intelligence data, and he himself came into attack range from the clouds and shot down 1 Junkers. In a repeated attack he was attacked by covering fighters, his plane was shot down and wounded in the leg and arm. He jumped out of the burning car, delayed his jump for fear of being shot in the air, and opened his parachute a hundred meters above the ground. Very soon he returned to duty.
By October 1944, assistant commander of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment for air rifle service (190th Fighter Aviation Division, 11th Fighter Aviation Corps, 3rd Air Army, 1st Baltic Front) Captain V.F. Sirotin made 233 combat missions and personally shot down 15 enemy aircraft in air battles.
Z and exemplary performance of combat missions of the command, courage, bravery and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 23, 1945 to Major Sirotin Vyacheslav Fedorovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 4183).
After being nominated for the highest award of the Motherland, he participated in the Baltic, East Prussian, Zemland offensive operations on the 1st Baltic and 3rd Belorussian (from February 1945) fronts. Towards the Victory, he completed 310 combat missions, shot down 21 enemy aircraft in 72 air battles, all personally (according to the book by M.Yu. Bykov, 15 air victories in 326 combat missions and in 65 air battles were confirmed). Was wounded twice.
In May 1945, the flight crew of the regiment handed over their aircraft to another unit, retrained for P-63 Kingcobra aircraft, and in early August 1945 they were transferred to Mongolia. In August 1945, Major V.F. Sirotin was appointed commander of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment as part of the 190th Fighter Air Division of the 12th Air Army of the Trans-Baikal Front.
Participant in the Soviet-Japanese War in August 1945. Although there were almost no air battles, the regiment under his command won 1 aerial victory with the personal participation of its commander: on August 15, two Japanese fighters tried to intercept a Soviet transport plane while delivering fuel to the advanced attacking units. The regiment commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major V.F. Sirotin, and his wingman, I.F. Miroshnichenko, spotted the enemy in time, successfully intercepted them, and the wingman shot down 1 Japanese plane. In total, he performed 5 combat missions in Manchuria and conducted 1 air battle.
From September 1945, he continued to command the 17th Air Regiment, first at the Varfolomeevka airfield, and from June 1946 at the Khorol airfield as part of the 190th Fighter Air Division of the 9th Air Army of the Primorsky Military District. On August 7, 1948, Major V.F. Sirotin died in a plane crash. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Khorol, Khorol district, Primorsky Krai.
Awarded 2 Orders of Lenin (12.1941; 02.23.1945), 2 Orders of the Red Banner (1944, 1945), Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree (1944), Red Star (09.30.1945), medals “For Military Merit”, “For Victory over Germany”, “For Victory over Japan”.
The last combat vehicle of the Hero, the R-63 Kingcobra, was transferred to the UK after the war and has been on display for many decades at the Royal Air Force Museum in Duxford with the combat emblems of V.F. Sirotin and with 21 stars on the cockpit - according to the number of victories of the Soviet ace.
- Academic degree: Candidate of Technical Sciences
- Academic title: Assistant professor
- Date of birth: June 11
Kiev Higher Engineering Radio Engineering School of Air Defense, radio engineer, postgraduate student of the Military Engineering Radio Engineering Academy of Air Defense named after. L.A. Govorova, Ph.D., doctoral studies at MESI.
Teaching activities
Disciplines taught:
Econometrics, Econometrics-2, Econometrics (advanced level), Econometric Analysis, Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis, Probability theory and mathematical statistics, Multivariate statistical methods, Statistical modeling of socio-economic processes.
Over the years of scientific and pedagogical activity, he published more than 100 scientific papers.
Total work experience
Teaching experience – 25 years.
Advanced training / professional retraining
English language. In-depth study of General English, Pre-Advanced level. National Research University Higher School of Economics (16.09-13.11) 2013;
International School-Seminar “Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Econometrics” (CEMI RAS, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia), 2012, 2008, 2004;
Microeconometrics. NES advanced training program, (01.10-22.10) 2013;
Development of academic skills: working on an article for publication in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal. Center for Applied Research and Educational Programs NES, December 2011;
Econometrics: advanced level" Center for Additional Professional Education NES, (30.06-14.07), 2010.
Scientific research
Area of scientific interests: modeling of socio-economic processes, applied statistics.
Additional Information
Proficiency in foreign languages: English (advanced level).
Achievements and awards
Badge "Excellence in Statistics" (November 2014)
Jubilee medal "70 years of the USSR Armed Forces" (February 1988)
Contacts
Captain V.F. Sirotin made 233 combat missions and personally shot down 15 enemy aircraft in air battles. On February 23, 1945, for the courage and courage shown in battles with enemies, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Vyacheslav Sirotin was born on September 22, 1913 in St. Petersburg, into a working-class family. After graduating from 7 classes of junior high school, he worked as a turner. In 1934, he was drafted into the Red Army and was sent to a flight school. In 1937 he graduated from the 9th (Kharkov) military school of pilots and letnabs. Participant of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. Fought with the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment. This unit took part in the battle for Moscow, in 1942 - on the Voronezh front, in the spring of 1943 - in the Kuban. Together with other pilots of the regiment, Sirotin also fought with enemies. He fought bravely and selflessly. The number of enemy aircraft he shot down grew rapidly. Already at the end of December 1941, he was awarded the Order of Lenin. By October 1944, assistant commander of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment for air rifle service (190th Fighter Aviation Division, 11th Fighter Air Corps, 3rd Air Army, 1st Baltic Front) Captain V.F. Sirotin committed 233 combat missions, personally shot down 15 enemy aircraft in air battles. On February 23, 1945, for the courage and courage shown in battles with enemies, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. During the Second World War, allegorical drawings were very common, most often depicting animals - animals or birds, applied to the sides and hoods of airplanes. One example is “Airacobra” by Vyacheslav Sirotin. At the end of 1944, the regiment's pilots fought over the Baltic and Poland. The war ended in East Prussia, participating in the assault on Konigsberg and Pillau. Since 1943, Sirotin fought in the Airacobra. His last car was lucky: it was handed over to the British, and today it can be seen in the Royal Air Force Museum in Duxford. After the victory over Germany, the 17th IAP was rearmed with P-63 Kingcobra fighters and transferred to the Far East to the 12th Air Army. There he participated in the defeat of the Kwantung Army of militaristic Japan. During this short war, the regiment's pilots managed to win only one victory in the air - there was practically no enemy. However, it was Vyacheslav Sirotin who was involved in this only victory. On August 15, while delivering fuel to the advancing ground forces, a transport plane, whose crew commander was Lieutenant Smulsky, was attacked by a pair of Japanese fighters. The pilots of the 17th air regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union V.F. Sirotin and his wingman I.F. Miroshnichenko flew to the rescue. They bravely repelled all attacks by Japanese fighters. At the same time, thanks to the experienced leadership of the leader, Miroshnichenko shot down one enemy plane. The other disappeared, leaving at low level. As a result, the fuel was delivered to its destination. By the end of hostilities, the commander of the 17th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Major V.F. Sirotin, had completed about 330 successful combat missions and had conducted dozens of air battles. He was wounded twice, but remained in combat formation. The number of his aerial victories is interpreted differently in various sources. Thus, many of the drawings of his “Air Cobra” show an image of 26 stars on the cockpit door and, accordingly, indicate 26 victories. However, in all known photographs of the plane, there are only 21 stars. At the same time, some authors, for example Mikhail Bykov, point to 21 personal victories of the ace. But pay attention to this fact: one of the stars (4th row on the right) is noticeably different from the others in its size and color. Apparently this marks a group victory. Thus, V.F. Sirotin has at least 20 planes shot down personally and 1 in a group... Foreign historians Thomas Polak and Christopher Showers in their book “Stalin’s Aces” write the following: “By October 1944, he had 15 victories to his name ... By February 1945, the number of victories increased to 21, and at the end of the war - to 26." After the war, Vyacheslav Fedorovich continued to serve in the Air Force. Commanded a fighter aviation regiment. Awarded the Order of Lenin (twice), the Red Banner (twice), the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, the Red Star, and medals. On August 7, 1948, Major V.F. Sirotin died in a plane crash. For his comrades and colleagues, this was a bitter, irreparable loss. Honoring the memory of their friend, they carefully looked after his grave, located not far from the military camp. But years have passed, more than one generation of pilots has changed, and today in the town and throughout the entire district, few people know that an ace pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, is buried in an old, abandoned cemetery...