- Aleksandr Sergeyevich Senatorov
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Senatorov (
8 October 1912 –24 January 1993 ) was a commander in the Soviet armed forces.He was born in the village of
Vyshelej in thePenzanskaya Oblast into a working class family. He was a member of theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1938 onwards.Senatorov trained at the
Penza Aviation School of theCivil Air Fleet . He entered theSoviet Army in 1930 and graduated from theOdessa Military Aviation School in 1932. He participated in theSpanish Civil War from 1936-39, assisting the Republican government. As the commander of a detachment of a fastbomber squadron he bombed military targets deep in the rear of enemy lines. He personally led a group of bombers to the northern front, which landed without incident at a destroyed airfield. He completed 100 combat sorties. He was elevated to the status of aHero of the Soviet Union on 14 Mar 1938. He graduated from the General Staff Academy’s advanced course for command personnel in 1939.During
World War II he was a Major-General of Aviation and commanded the air force of an army and then was the deputy commander of the air forces of a front. He graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1948 and retired in 1963 as a Lieutenant-General and lived inMoscow until his death. The decorations he was awarded included twoOrders of Lenin , two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Bogdan Khmel’nitskij, 1st Class, theOrder of Suvorov , 2nd Class, theOrder of the Great Patriotic War , 1st Class, two Orders of the Red Star, theOrder of Merit , and other medals.
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