Biography of Gromakovsky

The tombstone of Gromakovsky Vladimir Alexandrovich is the commander of the Gvardoye fighter aviation regiment of the air army of the 1st Belorussian Front, the guard senior lieutenant. Born on March 15 in the city of Orenburg in the family of an employee. Member of the CPSU from the year. He graduated from high school. In the year he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army.

In the year he graduated from the Krasnodar Military Aviation School of pilots. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since August. He fought as part of the 2nd Air Armies on the Bryansk, Voronezh, 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. He participated in defensive battles near Voronezh, in the Battle of Kursk, the liberation of Ukraine, Poland, the defeat of the enemy in Germany.

Kozhedub paired with Lieutenant V. Gromakovsky, leading "free hunting" on the La-7 aircraft at Kuustin, at an altitude of meters under the clouds met 13 FW with bombs. Major I. Kozhedub immediately hit an enemy aircraft from the back from the back. The second attack followed another “Focke-Wulf” from a distance of meters. The enemy fighter, covered by a dense flame, collapsed down.

After that, I. Kozhedub began to pursue the third FW dropping bombs on his territory, the fascist tried to break away from the Soviet fighter on a shaving flight, but was overtaken and also destroyed. During the tie of the battle, one of the Focke Wulfs, falling out of cloudiness, tried to attack I. But his partner V. Gromakovsky repelled the enemy’s attack and set him down.

During the second attack, I. Kozhedub V. Gromakovsky saw another “Focke-Wulf” below. After making sure that his commander was not in danger, he attacked the enemy from above and knocked him down. The bold actions of a pair of fighter -hunters upset the combat order of numerically superior FW group and shot down 5 fascist aircraft. This battle took place in front of the commander of the 5th shock army of General N.

admiring the courage of our pilots, he brought them gratitude for the help of the troops. Kozhedub and Major A. Kumanichkin, flew to the "free hunt". In the Zeelov area, they met until 30 FW, flying with two echelons. Kozhedub went from the side of the Sun into the rear of the upper group of 4 "Focke-Wulfs" and knocked one of them from a distance of meters. His partner at the same time knocked down the second fascist.

Having left the attack by a combat turn, I. Kozhedub approached the second fourth FW and in a lightning attack, the third enemy aircraft lit. Major A. Kumanichkin, noticing below himself up to 20 FW, attacked a closing pair and knocked one fighter from a distance of meters, which fell west of Zeelov. His led by V. Gromakovsky attacked the second Focke-Wulf and also knocked him down.

The enemy pilot left the aircraft with a parachute. So two pairs of the guards came out by the winners over a numerically superior air enemy. Our pilots in contractions destroyed German aircraft, while showing samples of combat skill. Many air battles took place with the numerical superiority of the enemy, but they invariably ended in the victory of Soviet pilots. At the same time, in 45 air battles they shot down 26 enemy aircraft, having lost only one.

Two fascist aircraft was destroyed by senior lieutenant V. Total by May, the commander of the Gvardoye fighter aviation regiment of the guard, Senior Lieutenant V. Gromakovsky made combat sorties, shot down 16 enemy aircraft in air battles. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, he continued to serve in the air forces. With Colonel V. Gromakovsky - in stock. He worked as a test mechanic in the name of V.

lived in Moscow. He died on October 13.

He was buried in Moscow at the Mitinsky cemetery awarded the Order of Lenin, three orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, and medals.