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In August 1953, his division was transferred from the Soviet Army to the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Navy. He was promoted to the rank
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Vorozheykin entered the Red Army in 1931. He was initially assigned to the 17th Rifle
Division, where he was sent to the town of Gorky. After being transferred to the reserve, he entered the Higher Communist Agricultural School in Gorky, but he graduated only from the first course before he reentered
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On 1 May 1945, Vorozheykin led a group of pilots from the 2nd Air Army in victory flight over the defeated
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Fighter Air Division. From December 1947 until November 1950 he was the Senior Inspector of the Directorate of Combat Training of Fighter Aircraft of the Soviet Air Force. He graduated from the Higher Military Academy named after K.E.Voroshilov in 1952. From March 1953 he commanded the
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Throughout his combat record he completed 250 sorties, gaining 46 solo and 13 shared shootdowns; one of the solo and twelve of the team aerial victories happened during the Battle of
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Academy in Chaklov. The next month he arrived at the warfront at a deputy squadron commander in the 728th Fighter Aviation Regiment; he was later promoted to the position of squadron commander. There, he fought on the
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Kharkov Military Aviation School of Pilots. From November 1937 to July 1938 he served as a junior pilot in the 53rd Bomber Regiment. He was then sent for training to become a squadron
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of the air defense in the Black Sea Fleet. He retired due to illness in 1957, after which he lived in Moscow. He died on 23 May 2001 and was buried in the Troekurovsky cemetery.
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