Junior Lieutenant Stanislav Yegorovich Chikin, 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps

[Bill Garvy]

Record card

Order booklet nr. B-026352

1. Last name: Chikin
2. First name and patronymic: Stanislav Yegorovich
3. Military rank: Lieutenant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1923
6. Place of birth: Village of Tomakovka, Tomakovka Raion, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1945
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From November 1940 through April 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Chief navigator of the 391st Aviation Squadron, 9th Aviation Corps, 1st Belorussian Front
12. Current place of service and position: Student at Dnepropetrovsk Agricultural Institute
13. Home address of the awardee: 25 Voroshilov Street, apartment 5, city of Dnepropetrovsk

14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal/Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 502825 Temporary certificate nr. Ye-466295 Order of the 9th Aviation Corps nr 031 of April 22, 1945

Order of the Red Star 1844097 Temporary certificate nr. Zh-586208 Order of the Group of Soviet Occupational Forces in Germany nr. 039 of May 21, 1945 [9th Aviation Corps crossed out]

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Military commissar of the Oktyabr Raion
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Mikhailov/
January 3, 1947

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps

April 22, 1945 – Nr. 031 – 1st Belorussian Front, 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:

[…]

The Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class to:

[…]

3. Junior Lieutenant Stanislav Yegorovich Chikin, Gunner-Bombardier in the 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron, 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps

[…]

Commander of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Guards Major General of Aviation [signed] /Krupsky/

Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Chikin, Stanislav Yegorovich
2. Rank: Junior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Gunner-bombardier in the 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron, 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
4. Year of birth: 1923
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1945
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War on the Bryansk Front from 1941 through 1942, on the 3rd Ukrainian Front from 1943 through 1944, and on the 1st Belorussian Front from 1944 through 1945
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Received one light wound in 1942 on the Bryansk Front
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1940
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Tomakovka Raion, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family:

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Junior Lieutenant Chikin has been participating in the Patriotic War since September 1943 for a second time after he had recovered from a wound he received in 1942. Before he joined his current squadron comrade Chikin conducted 25 sorties on the Bryansk Front in an R-5 aircraft with an overall flight time of 65 hours, bombing the enemy front line.

During his service with his current squadron he conducted 20 sorties with an overall flight time of 28 hours, maintaining communications between the corps and the ground troops.

He flew up to the front line, in range of enemy fighters.

He possesses a thorough understanding of his specialty. In the air he has a good sense of direction. He carries out his missions in an excellent manner.

During the operation at the Vistula River on the Radom axis he was personally given orders by the corps commander to fly toward our troops’ front line. He handled this task very well.

In everyday life he is a cultured officer. He is disciplined and serves as an example for the other officers.

For carrying out his combat missions in an excellent manner he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron
Major [signed] /Zakrevsky/
April 14, 1945

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

Commander of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Guards Major General of Aviation [signed] /Krupsky/
April 22, 1945

By Order of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps nr. 031 of April 22, 1945 awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

On behalf of the chief of the Personnel Section of the 9th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Major [signed by deputy] /Sergeyev/
April 23, 1945

Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps

May 21, 1945 – Nr. 039 – 1st Belorussian 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:

[…]

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

6. Junior Lieutenant Stanislav Yegorovich Chikin, gunner-bombardier in the 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron, 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps

[…]

Commander of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Guards Major General of Aviation [signed] /Krupsky/

Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Chikin, Stanislav Yegorovich
2. Rank: Junior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Gunner-bombardier in the 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron, 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1923
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1945
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been participating the Patriotic War: on the Bryansk Front from 1941 through 1942, on the 3rd Ukrainian Front from 1943 through 1944, and on the 1st Belorussian Front from 1944 through 1945
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Received one light wound in 1942
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1940
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Tomakovka Raion
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class by Order of the 9th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps nr. 031 of April 22, 1945
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family:


Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Junior Lieutenant Chikin participated in the Patriotic War since 1941, with a break due to a wound he sustained.

For his excellent duties and for personally conducting 20 communications sorties he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.

During the Berlin operation he proved himself to be courageous, brave, and valiant while carrying out his duties as a communications officer. Situated directly at the front line, he delivered orders and instructions from the corps commander’s command post to the divisional commanders’ command posts in time and under artillery, mortar, and machine gun fire, frequently risking his life.

For personally displaying valor, bravery, and courage and for carrying out his duties as a communications officer during the Berlin operation in an excellent manner, I award the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Guards Major General of Aviation [signed] /Krupsky/
May 17, 1945

By Order of the 9th Łódź Ground-Attack Aviation Corps, 1st Belorussian Front nr. 039 of May 21, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 9th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps
Guards Major [signed] /Sergeyev/
May 22, 1945

- Document for the Medal for the Capture of Berlin issued November 10th, 1945 and signed by the Commanding Officer of the 9th Guards Ground-Attack Aviation Corps, Guards Major General of Aviation Krupsky, Serial #A171499

- Document for the Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw issued March 6th, 1946 and signed by the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Guards Ground-Attack Aviation Division, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Sklyarov, Serial #A057975

- Document for the Medal for the Victory over Germany issued September 7th, 1946 and signed by the Regional Military Commissar of the Oktyabr Raion [of the city of Dnepropetrovsk], Senior Lieutenant Zhiglinsky

Service record

Nr. D-248698

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Chikin, Stanislav Yegorovich
2. Date and place of birth: December 26, 1923 in the village of Tomakovka, Tomakovka Raion, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Knowledge of foreign languages and level of mastery: No
5. Social situation and origins: Serviceman from a family of peasants
6. Party affiliation
Member of the Communist Party since: 1945
Party membership booklet nr.: 7212539
Candidate member of the Communist Party since:
Member of the Komsomol since:
Not a party member:
Party penalties and changes in party affiliation:
7. Education
General education: 10 years of education in the village of Tomakovka in 1940
Military education (indicate full names of the military educational institutions, month and year of graduation, full or accelerated course attended): Kremenchug Military Aviation School in the city of Kremenchug in 1941
Political education: No
8. Service at the front: On the Bryansk Front from August 1941 through July 1942, on the Northwestern Front from August 1942 through February 1943, on the 3rd Ukrainian Front from October 1943 through June 1944, and on the 1st Belorussian Front from August 1944 through May 1945
9. Wounds and contusions: Slightly wounded in his right shoulder blade in February 1943
10. Awards (orders and medals): Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class in April 1945; Order of the Red Star in May 1945; Medal for the Capture of Berlin; Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw; Medal for the Victory over Germany in 1945
11. Has he been in captivity or surrounded; when, where and for how long (if having been surrounded, only note escapes not with a unit):
12. Registration numbers:
13. Registered where (name of the military commissariat and oblast): Oktyabr Raion, city of Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev Military District

14. Military promotions By whose order Order nr. Date
Lieutenant 16th Air Army 014 August 7, 1945
Senior Lieutenant Kiev Military District 2 January 18, 1966

15. Personnel category: Commanding officers, reserve of the 1st category
16. Branch of arms: Air Force, military specialty nr. 86
17. State of health: Healthy
18. Attended trainings:
19. Place of service and position (or nature of activities outside military service): Student attending three courses at the Agricultural Institute in the city of Dnepropetrovsk (Ministry for Higher Education), 265-ruble scholarship
20. Family situation and home address: Bachelor. 25 Voroshilov Street, apartment 5, city of Dnepropetrovsk
21. Special remarks:

22. Service in the Soviet Army:

Name of the position Name of the unit By whose order Order nr. Date
januari 1940–June 1941 – Cadet Kremenchug Military Aviation School, Kiev Military District No data
June 1941–July 1942 – Gunner-bombardier 617th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment, Bryansk Front No data
July 1942–December 1942 – Wounded Evacuation Hospital nr. 1049, Bryansk Front No data
December 1942–February 1943 – acting ski platoon leader 262nd Rifle Division, 41st Army, Northwestern Front No data
February 1943–October 1943 – Gunner-bombardier 46th Reserve Aviation Regiment, Moscow Military District No data
October 1943–April 1945 – Gunner-bombardier 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron, 1st Mixed Aviation Corps, 3rd Ukrainian Front and 1st Belorussian Front No data
April 1945–December 1945 – Flight navigator Same unit 391st Independent Communications Aviation Squadron 21 April 11, 1945
December 1945–February 1946 – In reserve 9th Ground-Attack Aviation Corps, 16th Air Army No data
Temporary military commissar
Captain [signed] /Zhiglinsky/

Chief of the 3rd Section
Captain [signed] /Sklyarenko/

23. Transferred to the reserve of the 1st category with the rank of Lieutenant, in accordance with Article 43, Section A Commander of the Group of Soviet Occupational Forces in Germany 0192 February 25, 1946
24. Retired with the rank of:

25. Attestation

On which position Final conclusion of the attestation Date
Bomber flight navigator His position suits him December 1, 1945

My thanks to Auke for his invaluable assistance.