The biography of Talalikhin is brief

Talalikhin Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin Viktor Vasilievich Dear guests, on the eve of May 9 - the flight of the Great Victory, we want to share the exploits of our fellow countrymen. About the most outstanding personalities and their immortal actions. Each hero had a difficult fate, but everyone united his love for the homeland and his willingness to sacrifice himself.

Viktor Vasilievich Talalikhin was born on September 18 in the village of Teplovka, the Saratov province. In the year Talalikhin was called up for service in the army. In parallel with the service, Victor was trained at the Borisoglebsky Military Aviation School of pilots. As part of the 3rd squadron of the regiment, Talalikhin took part in the Soviet-Finnish war.

Already in his first air battle on the fighter and Victor shot down an enemy plane, earned the praise of the command and comrades. After some time, Talalikhin again distinguished himself in battle. This time he had to cover the plane of his commander, Mikhail Ivanovich Korolev, who was pursuing the aircraft of the enemy under the fire of anti -aircraft guns.

The commander was in a very difficult situation: his plane shook from multiple explosions of shells. On the tail was an enemy "Fokker", which had already managed to cause damage to the Korolev aircraft. Talalikhin without hesitation rushed to the rescue of the commander, but Fokker also sat on his tail. Victor, laying a steep turn, freed himself from persecution, and then knocked the enemy from a machine gun with a long burst.

The main feat of Viktor Talalikhin was the first night ram. On the night of August 7, he received an order to rise to the sky to intercept the fascist bombers. Talalikhin sat on the tail of Haminkel. Despite the skillful maneuvers of the enemy, he managed to hit one of the bombing engines. Soon, ammunition on the plane of Talalikhin ended. The next moment, an extremely bold thought occurred to him - to ram “Heinkel”.

He was aware that perhaps he was going to death, but reassured himself that the Nazis would die four times more. About meters, Talalikhin flew with a protracted jump. And only when I heard a rumble from his fall and opened the parachute. Looking down, he saw a torch in the sky of an arc, a shuffled “Heinkel” in the sky, as he finally collapsed to the ground. After some time, the pilot safely sank to a small lake near Podolsky.

Victor’s plane crashed into the tail of the bomber, the fighter leaned back, but Talalikhin managed to jump out of a burning car and landed safely. Locals helped him get to the part. On the same day, radio throughout the country spread the news of the feat of Victor Talalikhin. At that time, the fearless hero was only 22 years old. After this heroic act, Viktor Talalikhin was more than once different during the fighting in the air.

He was always characterized by accurate shooting, composure when driving a machine and unexpected maneuvers for fascist pilots. We are obliged to honor and remember. Glory to the heroes!