Vasily Mykhlik

Vasily Ilyich Mykhlik (Russian: Василий Ильич Мыхлик; 29 December 1922 – 29 December 1996) was an Il-2 pilot in the 566th Assault Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Vasily Ilyich Mykhlik
Native name
Василий Ильич Мыхлик
Born29 December 1922
Soldatskoye village, Nikolayev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died29 December 1996 (aged 74)
Moscow, Russian Federation
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branch Soviet Air Force
Years of service1940 – 1960
RankColonel
Unit566th Assault Aviation Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Biography

Mykhlik was born on 29 December 1922, in the village of Soldatskoye, Kazankovska volost, Elisavetgrad district, Mykolaiv province, Ukraine. He spent his childhood and youth in the city of Krivyi Rig (Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine). In 1940 he had graduated from the 10th grade of the school.

He began serving the army in November 1940. In 1941 he graduated from the Volsky Military School of Aviation for Mechanics. He served as an air mechanic in the 8-th Reserve Fighter Aviation Regiment (Saratov Region). He was trained as a pilot in the 2-nd separate training aviation regiment (March-December 1942) and was re-trained at The Training Center at the 224-th Assault Air Division (December 1942 - April 1943).

He took part in the Great Patriotic War: in May 1943 - May 1945 was a pilot, a deputy commander and a commander of an air squadron, a navigating officer of the 566-th assault aviation regiment. He fought in the Western, Bryansk, Leningrad and 3-rd Belorussian fronts. Participated in the Battle of Kursk, Orel, Krasnoselsko-Ropshin, Leningrad-Novgorod, Vyborg, Narva, Tallinn, East Prussian and Koenigsberg operations, the liquidation of the enemy's Zemland group.

January 31, 1944 was shot down in an air battle and landed behind the front line. February 3, 1944, along with the gunner-radio operator returned to his military people. During the war, he made 188 sorties on the Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft to attack the enemy's manpower and equipment.

He died on 29 December 1996 in Moscow and was buried in the Troekurovsky cemetery.[1]

Awards and honors
  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (23 February 1945 and 29 June 1945)
  • Order of Lenin (23 February 1945)
  • Three Order of the Red Banner (7 September 1943, 21 June 1944, and 22 February 1945)
  • Order of Alexander Nevsky (5 November 1944)
  • Two Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (25 July 1944 and 11 March 1985)
  • Order of the Red Star (31 July 1943)
  • campaign and jubilee medals

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References
  1. Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017, p. 213.
  2. Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017, p. 212.

Bibliography
  • Simonov, Andrey; Bodrikhin, Nikolai (2017). Боевые лётчики — дважды и трижды Герои Советского Союза. Moscow: Фонд «Русские Витязи», Музей техники Вадима Задорожного. ISBN 9785990960510. OCLC 1005741956.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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