256:. Later that year he was sent to the Black Sea Fleet, during which he gained two personal and nine shared sinkings of enemy vessels. In early 1944 he became commander of the 7th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment; there, despite his high position, he routinely flew sorties on an Il-2, and by 17 August 1944 he was nominated to receive a second gold star for flying 202 missions. During his tenure he sank multiple large vessels and many smaller ones; on 23 March 1944 while leading a group of seven aircraft he sank a ship with a displacement of 1,500 tons. On 16 May 1944 he led a formation of 22 planes in an attack that resulted in damage to one ship and the sinking of five more. On 18 June 1944, while leading a group of thirteen planes in an attack, he dropped two FAB-250 on a vessel with a displacement of 2,000 tons, causing the transport to burn all day.
249:, taking out 10 tanks and over a dozen anti-aircraft guns in addition to a large quantity of enemy equipment; for this he was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union along with several of his colleagues, but the nomination was not initially approved. On 23 June 1942 the Baltic Fleet requested that Mazurenko's nomination be approved. The telegram was ignored until early August, but in the end the award was approved and he received the title in October. Before receiving the title he had entered staff general improvement course at the Yeisk Naval Aviation School, which he completed in January 1943. He was then made a flight inspector in the directorate of combat training of naval aviation, a position he held for one year.
54:
134:
114:
274:
was given a command post again - the 25th
Training Squadron of the Pacific Fleet. There, he was promoted to the rank of general-major the next year. In 1964 he headed a department at the Leningrad Higher Naval Engineering School, where he remained until 1969 when he was made deputy head of material and technical supply for a naval academy. He left the military in 1972, died in Saint Petersburg on 11 March 2004 and was buried in the
215:
family. For most of his upbringing he lived in
Shakhty, Rostov oblast, where after completing his seventh grade of school in 1933 he was employed as a tram driver and later as an electrician at a mine. Before graduating from the Shakhty aeroclub in 1938 and entering the military in October that year,
273:
in
Leningrad. From then until November 1953 he commanded the 24th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, after which he was posted to the 601st Assault Aviation Division until November 1954. He then transferred to Marine Scientific and Technical Committee of the Navy, where he remained until 1961 when he
259:
After receiving the title Hero of the Soviet Union for a second time he continued to fly in combat, totaling 257 combat missions by the end of the war (217 in the Il-2, 20 in the DB-3F, and 20 in the I-153). Less than a week before the capitulation of
Germany he sank a ship in Pomeranian Bay with a
198:
7 June] 1917 – 11 March 2004) was the commander of the 7th Guards
Assault Aviation Regiment in the Black Sea Fleet during World War II. He was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union during the war and remained in the military afterwards, reaching the rank of General-major.
268:
Until
December 1946 Mazurenko continued to command his regiment. From then until June 1947 he commanded the 60th Assault Aviation Regiment, after which he became deputy commander of the 15th Mixed Aviation Division; he left the position at the end of 1948. In 1949 he was promoted to the rank of
260:
displacement of 8,000 tons. The pilots in the regiment under his command flew over 3,000 missions, resulting in the sinking of 152 enemy vessels, the shooting down of 24 aircraft, the destruction of 36 tanks and hundreds of vehicles, and the killing of many enemy personnel.
236:
From June to August 1941 Mazurenko flew 20 sorties in the DB-3F with the 1st Mine-Torpedo
Regiment before he was transferred to the 71st Baltic Fleet Aviation Regiment. However, he soon switched to the 57th Baltic Fleet Regiment in October, which used the
53:
252:
When he was assigned to the
Northern Fleet, he trained 32 pilots in addition to flying in combat. In June he flew five sorties, sinking a transport and a minesweeper in the
606:
591:
220:
school. After graduating from the Yeisk Naval
Aviation School in December 1940 he was assigned to the 1st Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment, which flew the
601:
611:
596:
616:
269:
colonel and graduated from the Higher
Officers Flight Tactical Courses of Naval Aviation, and in 1952 he graduated from the
576:
571:
225:
534:
481:
586:
581:
419:
208:
195:
75:
20:
319:
339:
293:
174:
306:
270:
471:
325:
566:
561:
8:
81:
275:
246:
540:
530:
477:
425:
415:
349:
217:
138:
312:
242:
187:
97:
383:
299:
85:
544:
408:
Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary, Lyubov β Yashchuk
555:
429:
238:
221:
399:
164:
119:
404:ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΈ Π‘ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π‘ΠΎΡΠ·Π°: ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π±ΠΈΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ II, ΠΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Ρ - Π―ΡΡΡΠΊ
253:
212:
24:
411:
245:. By 28 December 1941 he had flown 43 sorties in the Il-2 during the
529:. Moscow: Π€ΠΎΠ½Π΄ Β«Π ΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΠΈΡΡΠ·ΠΈΒ», ΠΡΠ·Π΅ΠΉ ΡΠ΅Ρ
Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΈ ΠΠ°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠ° ΠΠ°Π΄ΠΎΡΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ.
490:
436:
453:
451:
32:
101:
502:
448:
363:
224:
and was part of the Baltic Fleet. He became a member of the
527:ΠΠΎΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅ Π»ΡΡΡΠΈΠΊΠΈ β Π΄Π²Π°ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΠ΅ΡΠΎΠΈ Π‘ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π‘ΠΎΡΠ·Π°
211:
7 June] 1917 on a farm in Yelisavetgrad to a
16:
Commander of the 7th guards assault aviation regiment
345:Russia - Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (1999)
322:, 1st class (10 September 1943 and 11 March 1985)
309:(24 November 1941, 9 June 1942, and 22 June 1944)
553:
524:
508:
496:
457:
442:
369:
607:Recipients of the Order of Ushakov, 2nd class
525:Simonov, Andrey; Bodrikhin, Nikolai (2017).
592:Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
52:
602:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
207:Mazurenko was born on 20 June [
398:
381:
554:
476:. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 89.
469:
388:(in Russian). Politizdat. p. 55.
473:Soviet Hurricane Aces of World War 2
281:
156:7th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment
13:
14:
628:
612:Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov
597:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
296:(23 October 1942 and 5 May 1944)
132:
112:
518:
231:
463:
392:
375:
1:
617:Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery
385:ΠΠ°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΠ»Π΅Π½Π° ΠΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΠ°
356:
202:
192:ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅ΜΠΉ ΠΡΠΈΜΠΌΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π·ΡΡΠ΅ΜΠ½ΠΊΠΎ
65:ΠΠ»Π΅ΠΊΡΠ΅ΜΠΉ ΠΡΠΈΜΠΌΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π·ΡΡΠ΅ΜΠ½ΠΊΠΎ
21:Eastern Slavic naming customs
509:Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017
497:Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017
458:Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017
443:Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017
370:Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017
184:Aleksey Yefimovich Mazurenko
46:Aleksey Yefimovich Mazurenko
7:
320:Order of the Patriotic Wars
10:
633:
577:Soviet World War II pilots
572:Heroes of the Soviet Union
263:
19:In this name that follows
18:
382:Smirnov, Nikolai (1973).
294:Hero of the Soviet Unions
191:
170:
160:
152:
148:General-major of Aviation
144:
125:
107:
91:
70:
60:
51:
44:
307:Order of the Red Banners
175:Hero of the Soviet Union
352:3rd class (15 May 2003)
315:2nd class (17 May 1945)
271:Kuznetsov Naval Academy
587:Soviet Navy personnel
582:Soviet major generals
326:Order of the Red Star
78:7 June] 1917
470:Rybin, Yuri (2012).
194:; 20 June [
247:Battle of Leningrad
82:Kherson Governorate
499:, p. 194-196.
445:, p. 193-194.
276:Nikolskoe Cemetery
74:20 June [
350:Order For Courage
328:(3 November 1953)
302:(23 October 1942)
282:Awards and honors
181:
180:
624:
548:
512:
506:
500:
494:
488:
487:
467:
461:
455:
446:
440:
434:
433:
396:
390:
389:
379:
373:
367:
313:Order of Ushakov
216:he trained at a
193:
139:Soviet Air Force
137:
136:
135:
127:
118:
116:
115:
98:Saint Petersburg
56:
42:
41:
632:
631:
627:
626:
625:
623:
622:
621:
552:
551:
537:
521:
516:
515:
507:
503:
495:
491:
484:
468:
464:
456:
449:
441:
437:
422:
410:]. Moscow:
397:
393:
380:
376:
368:
364:
359:
342:(6 August 1997)
340:Order of Honour
284:
266:
234:
226:Communist Party
205:
133:
131:
113:
111:
96:
80:Yelisavetgrad,
79:
66:
47:
40:
17:
12:
11:
5:
630:
620:
619:
614:
609:
604:
599:
594:
589:
584:
579:
574:
569:
564:
550:
549:
535:
520:
517:
514:
513:
511:, p. 196.
501:
489:
482:
462:
460:, p. 194.
447:
435:
420:
414:. p. 11.
391:
374:
372:, p. 193.
361:
360:
358:
355:
354:
353:
346:
343:
335:
334:
330:
329:
323:
316:
310:
303:
300:Order of Lenin
297:
289:
288:
283:
280:
265:
262:
233:
230:
204:
201:
179:
178:
172:
168:
167:
162:
158:
157:
154:
150:
149:
146:
142:
141:
129:
123:
122:
109:
105:
104:
93:
89:
88:
86:Russian Empire
72:
68:
67:
64:
62:
58:
57:
49:
48:
45:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
629:
618:
615:
613:
610:
608:
605:
603:
600:
598:
595:
593:
590:
588:
585:
583:
580:
578:
575:
573:
570:
568:
565:
563:
560:
559:
557:
546:
542:
538:
536:9785990960510
532:
528:
523:
522:
510:
505:
498:
493:
485:
483:9781780968858
479:
475:
474:
466:
459:
454:
452:
444:
439:
431:
427:
423:
417:
413:
409:
405:
401:
400:Shkadov, Ivan
395:
387:
386:
378:
371:
366:
362:
351:
347:
344:
341:
337:
336:
332:
331:
327:
324:
321:
317:
314:
311:
308:
304:
301:
298:
295:
291:
290:
286:
285:
279:
277:
272:
261:
257:
255:
250:
248:
244:
240:
229:
227:
223:
219:
214:
210:
200:
197:
189:
185:
176:
173:
169:
166:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
140:
130:
124:
121:
110:
106:
103:
99:
95:11 March 2004
94:
90:
87:
83:
77:
73:
69:
63:
59:
55:
50:
43:
38:
34:
31: and the
30:
26:
22:
526:
519:Bibliography
504:
492:
472:
465:
438:
407:
403:
394:
384:
377:
365:
333:Other States
267:
258:
251:
235:
232:World War II
206:
183:
182:
165:World War II
161:Battles/wars
120:Soviet Union
36:
28:
567:2004 deaths
562:1917 births
254:Barents Sea
61:Native name
33:family name
556:Categories
545:1005741956
421:5203005362
357:References
348:Ukraine -
203:Early life
108:Allegiance
29:Yefimovich
25:patronymic
430:247400113
412:Voenizdat
338:Russia -
228:in 1942.
213:Ukrainian
37:Mazurenko
402:(1988).
153:Commands
126:Service/
264:Postwar
188:Russian
177:(twice)
543:
533:
480:
428:
418:
305:Three
287:Soviet
218:glider
171:Awards
128:branch
117:
102:Russia
23:, the
406:[
243:I-153
222:DB-3F
541:OCLC
531:ISBN
478:ISBN
426:OCLC
416:ISBN
318:Two
292:Two
241:and
239:Il-2
209:O.S.
196:O.S.
145:Rank
92:Died
76:O.S.
71:Born
35:is
27:is
558::
539:.
450:^
424:.
278:.
190::
100:,
84:,
547:.
486:.
432:.
186:(
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.