Pavel Boykov - on the main directions. Awards and recognition

Hero of the Russian Federation, honorary citizen of the village of Kadnitsa, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov region (Ukraine)

Born on May 3, 1917 in the village of Mga, Shlisselburg district, Petrograd province (now Kirov district, Leningrad region), in the family of a railway worker. Father - Boykov Mikhail Pakhomovich (1885–1919). Mother - Boykova Anna Andreevna (1890–1942). Wife – Boykova Oktyabrina Iosifovna (1925–2010). Daughter - Boykova Ninel Pavlovna.

In 1938, Pavel Boykov entered the school of pilot instructors in Ulyanovsk, and after graduating in 1940, he entered the Stalingrad military school of fighter pilots. Participated in the Great Patriotic War from October 1942.

He underwent his baptism of fire on the Southwestern Front as part of the 897th Fighter Regiment of the 288th Air Division of the 17th Air Army. He took part in the Battle of Stalingrad as part of the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 235th Air Division of the 8th Air Army as a senior pilot. Later he fought on the North Caucasus and Voronezh fronts.

On August 2, 1943, he was seriously wounded and sent to the hospital for treatment. Here's how it happened. Pavel Boykov, as part of a squadron under the command of Guard Captain M. Mudrov, flew out to repel an attack by Nazi bombers, which were covered by Me-109 fighters. Having been wounded in the head, right eye and leg in a fierce battle, he continued to fight and personally shot down 2 German Ju-88 bombers, an Me-109 fighter and knocked out two Ju-88s. When approaching the attack, Boikov’s La-5 plane fell into the dense barrage of German anti-aircraft artillery fire and exploded at an altitude of 1,500 meters. The pilot received multiple wounds in the chest, legs and lost consciousness. The blast wave threw him out of the airplane cabin along with his seat. Fortunately, he came to his senses, unfastened his seat, opened his parachute and landed at the location of fascist troops 7 km from the front line. Bleeding, he reached the forest and fell unconscious.

Not only the Germans, but also the residents of the Ukrainian village of Kadnitsa watched the battle. The Germans searched for him, but were unsuccessful. Brave girls Ekaterina Tishchenko, Galina Vygular, Zinaida Shakun found the brave pilot and hid him from the Nazis. They fed, treated, helped cross the front line. At the hospital, doctors forbade him to fly, but he won the right to return to duty.

After returning to his regiment, Pavel Mikhailovich participated in battles on the 1st Ukrainian Front as a flight commander and deputy squadron commander. In August 1944, he was transferred to the 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 10th Guards Air Division of the 10th Aviation Fighter Corps of the RVGK of the 8th Air Army, where he became deputy squadron commander.

Pavel Boykov participated in the liberation of Poland. He ended the war in Czechoslovakia with the rank of guard captain in the position of deputy squadron commander of the 113th Guards Order of Suvorov, III degree, Carpathian Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 10th Guards Red Banner Stalingrad Fighter Air Division. Flying with impaired vision, Pavel Boykov made 185 combat missions, participated in 35 air battles, in which he shot down 8 enemy aircraft.

In total, during the hostilities, the pilot made 386 successful combat missions on Yak-7, La-5, La-7 fighters, of which 215 were for aerial reconnaissance. Conducted 50 air battles; shot down 15 enemy aircraft personally and 4 in a group with comrades.

In 1945 P.M. Boykov was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but the proposal remained unrealized. Half a century later, in 1995, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Pavel Mikhailovich Boykov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

After the war, the brave pilot continued to serve in the USSR Air Force. In 1960, Pavel Mikhailovich retired to the reserve with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

After graduating from the history department of the pedagogical institute, he worked as a teacher for many years. He is the author of the major work “On the Main Directions (about the combat path of the 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division,” M.: Voenizdat, 1984).

Hero of the Russian Federation Pavel Mikhailovich Boykov was awarded four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Star, medals “For Victory over Germany”, “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For the Liberation of Prague”, a medal of Czechoslovakia “For courage” and others.

Honorary citizen of the village of Kadnitsa, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov region of Ukraine.

In 1942 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School.

In an air battle on August 12, 1943, he shot down two enemy bombers and one enemy fighter; When entering the next attack, he was shot down by a direct hit from an anti-aircraft shell. He was seriously wounded in the head (with damage to the right eye) and in the leg, and jumped out with a parachute over enemy territory near the village of Kadnitsa (Kharkov region, Ukrainian SSR). He was rescued by local residents, and after the liberation of the village by Soviet troops he was transferred to a hospital. After being discharged from the hospital due to deteriorating vision, he was declared unfit for flight work, but managed to return to duty and from October 1944 fought as part of the 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, making 185 combat missions with impaired vision and shooting down 2 enemy aircraft. . He ended the war in the Prague offensive operation as deputy squadron commander, with the rank of captain.

There are significant contradictions in the literature about the number of victories of P. M. Boykov. So, according to N. Bodrikhin, by May 9, 1945, he had 373 combat missions, 58 air battles, 18 enemy aircraft shot down personally and 9 in a group. According to M. Bykov, by the same time he had completed 345 combat missions, conducted 51 air battles, shot down 8 aircraft personally and 5 in the group. In addition, he damaged another 13 enemy aircraft. He presented himself as his regiment commander for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in May 1945, according to this presentation he personally shot down 10 German aircraft. The division and corps commanders, the commander of the air army and the 4th Ukrainian Front supported this idea, but at the Air Force General Headquarters in Moscow the award was then replaced with the Order of the Red Banner.

Family

Father - Mikhail Pakhomovich Boykov (1885-1919).

Mother - Anna Andreevna Boykova (1890-1942).

Wife - Oktyabrina Iosifovna Boykova (born 1925)

• daughter - Ninel (born 1949).

B Oykov Pavel Mikhailovich - former deputy commander of the fighter aviation squadron of the 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 10th Guards Aviation Division of the 10th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 8th Air Army, retired lieutenant colonel.

Born on May 3, 1917 in the village of Mga, Kirov district, Leningrad region, in the family of a railway worker. Russian. Simultaneously with his studies, he graduated from the Leningrad Aero Club. He worked at a flying club as an instructor.

In the Red Army since 1938. In 1942 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School.

Participant of the Great Patriotic War since October 1942. He fought on the South-Western, North Caucasus, Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He fought on Yak-7, La-5 and La-7 fighters as part of the 817th (1942-1943), 3rd Guards (1943-1944) and 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments.

In a battle on August 12, 1943, while covering his troops from enemy air strikes, he shot down two enemy bombers and one enemy fighter in an unequal battle. In this battle, when entering the next attack, he was shot down by a direct hit from an anti-aircraft shell. He was seriously wounded in the head, right eye and leg, and jumped out with a parachute over enemy territory near the village of Kadnitsa, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov region. He was rescued by local residents at the risk of his own life, and after the liberation of this area by Soviet troops he was transferred to a hospital...

Upon discharge from the hospital, he was declared unfit for flight work, as his vision deteriorated due to a head wound. However, he managed to achieve a return to duty and fought until the Victory, completing 185 combat missions with impaired vision and shooting down 8 enemy aircraft.

Since October 1944, Pavel Boykov fought as part of the 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. By May 9, 1945, he had flown 373 combat missions, conducted 58 air battles, shot down 18 enemy aircraft personally and 9 in a group (according to some publications, the number of victories is indicated differently, the data given is taken from the book “Soviet Aces” by N. Bodrikhin, considered the most accurate and a reliable publication). In addition, another 13 enemy aircraft were damaged. He began fighting as an ordinary pilot and ended the war as deputy squadron commander. He completed his combat career in the Prague offensive operation.

The regiment commander nominated himself for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but was not awarded. It is unlikely that the reason for this was being on enemy territory: his heroism in that fateful battle was confirmed by his fellow soldiers, the village was liberated by our troops a few weeks later, the pilot by that time was in serious condition due to multiple wounds. There was a positive conclusion from the inspection of the special department of the regiment. Apparently, there was confusion with documents without any malicious intent...

After the war, the brave pilot continued to serve in the USSR Air Force. In 1960 P.M. Boykov was retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He graduated from the history department of the pedagogical institute and worked as a teacher for many years. He is the author of the major work “On the Main Directions” about the combat path of the 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

U By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 21, 1995, for the courage and heroism shown in the fight against the Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, retired Lieutenant Colonel Pavel Mikhailovich Boykov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation with the Golden Star medal.

Lived in the hero city of Leningrad (since 1991 - St. Petersburg). Died on May 16, 2005. He was buried in the hero city of Leningrad - St. Petersburg at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

He was awarded four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree, two Orders of the Red Star, medals of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.

Honorary citizen of the village of Kadnitsa, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov region of Ukraine.

Essays:
On the main directions. - Moscow: Voenizdat, 1984.

Born on May 3, 1917 in the village of Mga, Kirovsky district, Leningrad region, in the family of a railway worker. Father - Boykov Mikhail Pakhomovich (1885-1919). Mother - Boykova Anna Andreevna (1890-1942). Wife - Oktyabrina Iosifovna Boykova (born 1925). Daughter - Ninel Pavlovna Boykova (born 1949).

In 1938 he entered the school of pilot instructors in Ulyanovsk, and upon graduation in 1940, he entered the Stalingrad Military School of Fighter Pilots. Participated in the Great Patriotic War from October 1942. His baptism of fire took place on the Southwestern Front as part of the 897th Fighter Regiment of the 288th Air Division of the 17th Air Army. He took part in the Battle of Stalingrad as part of the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 235th Air Division of the 8th Air Army as a senior pilot. Later he fought on the North Caucasus and Voronezh fronts.

On August 2, 1943, he was seriously wounded and sent to the hospital for treatment. Here's how it happened. P. Boykov, as part of a squadron under the command of Guard Captain M. Mudrov, flew out to repel the attack of Nazi bombers, which were covered by Me-109 fighters. Having been wounded in the head, right eye and leg in a fierce battle, he continued to fight and personally shot down 2 German Ju-88 bombers, an Me-109 fighter and knocked out two Ju-88s. When launching an attack, Boikova's La-5 fell into the dense barrage of German anti-aircraft artillery fire and exploded at an altitude of 1,500 meters. The pilot received multiple wounds in the chest, legs and lost consciousness. The blast wave threw him out of the airplane cabin along with his seat. Fortunately, he came to his senses, unfastened his seat, opened his parachute and landed at the location of fascist troops 7 km from the front line. Bleeding, he reached the forest and fell unconscious.

Not only the Germans, but also the residents of the Ukrainian village of Kadnitsa watched the battle. The Germans searched for him, but were unsuccessful. Brave girls D. Tishchenko, G. Vygular, Z. Shakun found the brave pilot and hid him from the Nazis. They fed, treated, helped cross the front line. At the hospital, doctors banned him from flying forever, but he won the right to return to duty.

After returning to his regiment, he participated in battles on the 1st Ukrainian Front as a flight commander and deputy squadron commander. In October 1944, P. M. Boykov was transferred to the 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 10th Guards Air Division of the 10th Aviation Fighter Corps of the RVGK 8th Air Army, where he became deputy squadron commander. Participated in the liberation of Poland. He ended the war in Czechoslovakia with the rank of guard captain as deputy squadron commander of the 113th Guards Order of Suvorov, III degree, Carpathian Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 10th Guards Red Banner Stalingrad Fighter Air Division. During the fighting, he made 393 combat missions on Yak-7, La-5, La-7 fighters. He took part in 58 air battles, shot down 18 personally, 9 in a group, and knocked out 13 enemy aircraft.

He was awarded nine orders and many medals, including “For the Defense of Stalingrad”, “For the Victory over Germany”, “For the Liberation of Prague”, and medals of Czechoslovakia. Honorary citizen of the village of Kadnitsa, Bogodukhovsky district (Ukraine). In 1945 he was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but the proposal remained unrealized. In 1995, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation P. M. Boykov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

Lives in St. Petersburg.

Boykov Pavel Mikhailovich On main directions

Pavel Mikhailovich Boykov

Boykov Pavel Mikhailovich

On main directions

From the introduction: In 1937, the son of a worker, Pavel Boykov, entered the Leningrad Aero Club through the Komsomol recruitment, and in 1938 he became an instructor pilot. In 1942, Boykov graduated from the Stalingrad fighter pilot school. In October of the same year he arrived at the Stalingrad Front and was in the active army until Victory Day. During the war, P. M. Boykov flew fighter planes, made 386 combat missions, 215 of them for aerial reconnaissance, participated in 50 air battles, in which he personally shot down 15 enemy aircraft and 4 together with other pilots. On August 12, 1943, P. M. Boykov, carrying out a combat mission to cover his troops from enemy air strikes, entered into an air battle with Ju-88 bombers operating under the cover of Me-109 fighters). In this air battle he shot down two enemy bombers and one enemy fighter. Being seriously wounded, he got out of the plane, opened his parachute, but landed at the location of the fascist troops. Local residents... helped us cross the front line. After being cured in a military hospital, doctors forbade P. M. Boykov from flying, but he returned to his regiment. Flying with impaired vision, P. M. Boykov made 185 combat missions, participated in 35 air battles, in which he shot down 8 enemy aircraft.

Hoaxer: In 1945 P.M. Boykov was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, but the proposal remained unrealized. In 1995, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation P. M. Boykov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. For more information, see this article about the author

To the reader

The beginning of the battle path

Over the Volga and Don

In battles over Kuban

Above the Kursk Bulge

In the sky of Ukraine

Krakow, Prague

Conclusion

To the reader

Today's successes of the Soviet Armed Forces in combat and political training are a continuation of the glorious military traditions that developed during the Great Patriotic War. The Soviet Army, led by the Communist Party, defeated a strong and treacherous enemy - German fascism, ensured freedom and independence for the peoples of our Motherland, and saved the countries of Europe from enslavement.

While defending peace on earth, the Communist Party and the Soviet government are vigilantly monitoring the machinations of the aggressors. They educate Soviet people in the spirit of selfless devotion to the Motherland, constant readiness to defend it as courageously and selflessly as Soviet soldiers defended it on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War. The memory of them is sacred, and therefore every new book written by a participant in the Great Patriotic War is of great value. The military-historical essay “On the Main Directions”, which tells about the combat path of the 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Stalingrad Red Banner, Order of Suvorov II degree division, was written by one of the best pilots of the formation, P. M. Boykov. Using examples of the combat activities of the division's units and regiments, it widely highlights the difficult, heroic struggle of Soviet soldiers during the war, the unparalleled courage and courage of fighter pilots, the perseverance and dedication, and military work of engineers, technicians, mechanics and all other specialists of the unit. This is a story about the heroism of simple, modest people, selflessly devoted to their Motherland.

There were still three years left before Victory Day, when the 201st Fighter Aviation Division was being formed at an airfield near Moscow. In October 1942, she joined the reserve of the Supreme High Command, as part of which she operated in many main directions for three years of continuous fighting.

Fighting on the Western Front in the spring of 1942. The Battle of Stalingrad, the liberation of Rostov-on-Don and Donbass, air battles in the Kuban, the Battle of Kursk, the liberation of Ukraine, the crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kiev, the liberation of Poland and Czechoslovakia - the main milestones of the military path 201 1st, and then 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

Hundreds of division soldiers were awarded government awards, and the best fifteen were awarded for heroism and courage shown in air battles. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The regiments that were part of the division received honorary names: 111th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (GIAP) - Stalingrad, 112 GIAP - Kamenets-Podolsk, 113 GIAP - Carpathian.

The division and its regiments were noted more than thirty times in the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.

The war is over. On June 24, 1945, the Victory Parade took place on Red Square in Moscow. Soldiers of the 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, led by the division commander, Aviation Major General V.P. Ukhov, also took part in this historical parade as part of the combined regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Front. Among the parade participants were Hero of the Soviet Union V.F. Skobarikhin, P.L. Gnido, S.D. Gorelov.

I would like to say a few words about the author of the book. In 1937, the son of a worker, Pavel Boykov, entered the Leningrad Aero Club through the Komsomol recruitment, and in 1938 he became an instructor pilot. In 1942, Boykov graduated from the Stalingrad fighter pilot school. In October of the same year he arrived at the Stalingrad Front and was in the active army until Victory Day. During the war, P. M. Boykov flew fighter planes, made 386 combat missions, of which 215 were for aerial reconnaissance, participated in 50 air battles, in which he personally shot down 15 enemy aircraft and 4 together with other pilots.

On August 12, 1943, P. M. Boykov, carrying out a combat mission to cover his troops from enemy air strikes, entered into an air battle with Ju-88 bombers operating under the cover of Me-109 fighters). In this air battle he shot down two enemy bombers and one enemy fighter. Being seriously wounded, he got out of the plane, opened his parachute, but landed at the location of the fascist troops. Residents of the village of Kadnitsa Evdokia Nikanorovna Tishchenko, Galina Semyonovna Vygulyar, Zinaida Kirillovna Shakun, who saw the pilot land, found him, provided medical assistance and helped him cross the front line. After being cured in a military hospital, doctors forbade P. M. Boykov from flying, but he returned to his regiment. Flying with impaired vision, P. M. Boykov made 185 combat missions, participated in 35 air battles, in which he shot down 8 enemy aircraft.

For the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown, P. M. Boykov was awarded four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, many medals of the USSR and the medal of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic "For Bravery" After being discharged from the Soviet Army in 1960 to the reserve due to health reasons, Pavel Mikhailovich graduated from the history department of the Pedagogical Institute and now continues to work actively. His book “On the Main Directions” will be read with interest by both young readers and war veterans.

Honored Scientist, Doctor of Military Sciences,

Professor, Major General of Aviation G. Lavrik

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor

Colonel-Engineer D. Malinin

The beginning of the battle path

In the spring of 1942, when the enemy was 150-200 km from Moscow and besieging Leningrad, active combat operations unfolded on the southern wing of the Soviet-German front and in the northwestern direction. The Soviet Army sought to build on the success achieved in the winter of 1941/42, while the enemy hoped to regain the strategic initiative it had lost. By this time, thanks to the selfless labor of the working class and collective farm peasantry, the mobilizing and leading role of the Communist Party, the output of industrial and agricultural products increased to provide the Soviet Army with weapons, equipment and food.

Based on the combat experience gained during the war, the quantitative and qualitative growth of military equipment, which entered the active army in a continuous stream, changes were made to combat tactics and the organizational structure of the troops. Organizational measures were aimed at ensuring the massive use and effective use of weapons and military equipment, a significant increase in the fire and strike power of all branches of the Armed Forces.

The Air Force also underwent significant reorganization. Homogeneous aviation divisions (bomber, fighter, assault) were formed. Air armies were created within each front. In August, Headquarters decided to begin forming the RVGK aviation corps. These formations became a powerful maneuverable means of the Headquarters, designed to strengthen air armies and create quantitative superiority in aviation in decisive strategic directions.

On May 5, the aviation forces of the Western Front were united into the 1st Air Army under the command of Lieutenant General of Aviation T.F. Kutsevalov, who in mid-June 1941 was replaced by General S.A. Khudyakov, later an air marshal. The political department was headed by brigade commissar V.N. Tolmachev. Deputy Army Commander - General A.K. Bogorodetsky, Chief of Staff General A.S. Pronin. The air army initially included 5 air divisions (4-5 regiments), then their number was increased to 13 (201, 202, 203, 234, 235th fighter, 204th bomber, 213th night bomber, 215 - mixed, 214, 224, 231, 232, 233 assault).

The 201st Fighter Division was created. May 10, 1942 from combat flying units of the disbanded air forces of the combined arms armies of the Western Front. The formation of the division took place simultaneously with the execution of combat missions.

Commanded the 201st fighter...