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Ivan Drachenko

Full cavalier of the Order of Glory, Hero of the Soviet Union (1922-1994) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 72

Ivan Grigorievich Drachenko was a Soviet Il-2 pilot and the only aviator awarded both the title Hero of the Soviet Union and been a full bearer of the Order of Glory.

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1994Died16 November 19941968Order of Glory First ClassAward1944Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of Glory Second ClassAwardOrder of Glory Third ClassAwardOrder of LeninAward1922Born15 November 1922

Awards

Order of Glory First Class1968
Order of Lenin1944
Hero of the Soviet Union1944
Gold Star medal1944
Order of Glory Third Class1944
Order of Glory Second Class1944
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Patriotic War
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1994 · aged 72

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