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Beda, Leonid Ignatyevich

Date of birth:
August 16th, 1920 (Nizhnyaya Pokrovka/Turgai Oblast, Soviet Russia)
Date of death:
December 26th, 1976 (Minsk/Minsk Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Garrison Cemetery Minsk
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 10th, 1942
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 30th, 1943
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 1st, 1943
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1944
Orden Aleksandra Nevskogo
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 24th, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii starshy leitenant (Guards Senior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Komandir eskadrilyi 75 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka, 1 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Squadron Commander in 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1944
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gvardii starshy leitenant (Guards Senior Lieutenant)
Unit:
Komandir eskadrilyi 75 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka, 1 gvardeiskaya shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Squadron Commander in 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
October 26th, 1944
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 19th, 1945
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
gvardii mayor (Guards Major)
Unit:
Pomoshchnik komandira po vozdushno-strelkovoi sluzhbe 75 gvardeiskogo shturmovogo aviatsionnogo polka, 1 gv. shturmovaya aviatsionnaya divizia (Assistant commander for the Aerial Gunnery Service of the 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment, 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on:
June 29th, 1945
Medal

Sources

  • - Geroļ Sovetskogo Soyuza [Heroes of the Soviet Union], Ministry of Defense, Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987 (two volumes)
    - Warheroes.ru

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