Order of the Red Star, #134330, 2nd Ukrainian Front
Article about: Award Card Order Booklet 386433 1. Last name: Gavrilko 2. Name and patrionymic: Mikhail Matveevich 3. Rank: Senior Technical Lieutenant 4. Gender: Male 5. Birthyear: November 1910 6. Birthpl
Order of the Red Star, #134330, 2nd Ukrainian Front
Award Card
Order Booklet 386433
1. Last name: Gavrilko
2. Name and patrionymic: Mikhail Matveevich
3. Rank: Senior Technical Lieutenant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: November 1910
6. Birthplace: Sumy Oblast, Rovno Region, village of Voroshilovka
7. Party membership: since February, 1943
8. Education: elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Time in Red Army: April, 1931 - November, 1933 and June, 1941 – December, 1945
11. Place of service at awarding: Wing Technician – 85th Independent Budapest (Medical?) Aviation Regiment, 2nd Ukrainian Front
12. Place of work at present: Temporarily unemployed
13. Home address: Tbilisi, Engels St. #36
Red Star 134.330 5th Air Army, North Caucasus Front dated 23.03.43
Red Star 1.008.489 2nd Ukrainian Front dated 16.04.45
Defense of Caucasus Medal Edict dated 01.05.44
Verified by Tbilisi “Beriya” Regional Military Commissariat Major Kachsishvili on 9th January, 1946
Secret
Copy nr.
[Pencil: Registered on July 26, 1943]
Order
Of the 5th Air Army
March 23, 1943 – Nr. 011/N – Active Army, North Caucasian Front
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
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The Order of the Red Star to:
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5. Senior Sergeant Mikhail Matveyevich Gavrilko, flight mechanic in the 23rd Independent Medical Squadron
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Award sheet
For Senior Sergeant Mikhail Matveyevich Gavrilko, flight mechanic in the 23rd Independent Medical Squadron
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1910
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1940
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): With the Northern and Black Sea Group during the fighting with the German occupiers
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): Badge for Distinction in the Medical Service
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Tbilisi
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Serving as a flight technician in the 23rd Independent Medical Squadron, comrade Gavrilko showed exceptional skill in preparing aircraft, thereby carrying out the tasks assigned by the medical staff of the Northern Group of the Transcaucasian Front. The aircraft that didn’t have a home base managed to carry out their missions without any downtime. Serving as a flight technician, comrade Gavrilko showed his abilities to prepare the materiel for difficult and long flights. Flying over the front line, sandy areas, et cetera, the aircraft never suffered any incidents or downtime.
Comrade Gavrilko serviced three aircraft, which performed over 559 sorties, evacuated 1017 soldiers and commanders, and transported over 4933 kilograms of medical supplies, provisions, ammunition, and other goods.
The medical staff of the Northern Group awarded comrade Gavrilko the Badge for Distinction in the Medical Service.
During an examination by Air Force inspectors from the Transcaucasian Front the materiel of comrade Gavrilko’s flight was found to be in excellent condition.
Because of his dedication and his efforts in servicing aircraft comrade Gavrilko deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 23rd Independent Medical Squadron
Captain [signed] /Kostenko/
February 20, 1943
Award List & Citation for his second Order of the Red Star, not pictured. . .
Secret
Copy nr. 2
Order
Of the 2nd Ukrainian Front
– On personnel –
April 16, 1945 – Nr. 066/N – Active Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
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The Order of the Red Star to:
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6. Lieutenant-Technician Mikhail Matveyevich Gavrilko, flight technician in the 85th Independent Medical Aviation Regiment
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Commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Front
Marshal of the Soviet Union [signed] /Malinovsky/
Member of the Military Council of the 2nd Ukrainian Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /Tevchenkov/
Chief of staff of the 2nd Ukrainian Front
Colonel General [signed] /Zakharov/
Chief of the Personnel Section of the 2nd Ukrainian Front
Colonel [signed] /Solovyov/
Award sheet
Last name, first name and patronymic: Gavrilko, Mikhail Matveyevich
Military rank: Lieutenant-Technician
Position and unit: Flight technician in the 85th Independent Medical Aviation Regiment
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
1. Year of birth: 1910
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: From 1932 through 1933 and since 1941
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1943
5. Participation in combat (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since December 1942
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): Order of the Red Star in 1943
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Chernigov Raion
12. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family):
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade Gavrilko has been participating in the Patriotic War since December 1942 and has been serving in the 85th Independent Medical Aviation Regiment since April 1944. Ever since he has proven to be a disciplined, hard-working, and conscientious officer.
He organized the duties of the flight’s technical personnel perfectly, and managed to make them work more closely together and mobilize them to carry out the tasks assigned to them. He himself works hard and he often helps others.
In difficult mountain conditions his flight serviced the aircraft prior to 520 sorties, without a single incident occurring through fault of the technical personnel.
Aside from leading his regiment and despite his heavy workload and being isolated from his base, he personally serviced an aircraft, thus ensuring the squadron’s continuous operations.
For organizing his duties exceptionally well and for carrying out his tasks at the front during the fighting with the German invaders in an exemplary manner, he deserves the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.
Commander of the 85th Independent Medical Aviation Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Voskanyan/
January 20, 1945
By Order of the 2nd Ukrainian Front nr. 066/N of April 16, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the 3rd Section
Lieutenant Colonel of the Administrative Service [signed]
Senior Technical Lieutenant Mikhail Matveevich Gavrilko's Order of the Red Star, #134330.
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