New addition to my collection : Order of the Red Star 659503

[Adrian Stevenson]

Finally got around to ordering the research with Auke. Stay tuned.

Cheers, Ade.

[guns ltd]

Looks great Ade!! I really don't know that much about Russian stuff yet. But with the help of my Forum friends I will pick it up.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
John

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, Auke has come up with the research in very quick time

When you read the citation you will see why I am really very pleased with this item.


Record card

Order booklet nr. 683707

1. Last name: Tretyak
2. First name and patronymic: Aleksei Danilovich
3. Military rank: Major
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1921
6. Place of birth: Village of Kabanye, Kremennoye Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since November 1947
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: November 1939
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Student at the Air Force Academy
12. Current place of service and position: Lecturer at the History of Warfare Department of K.Y. Voroshilov Red Banner Higher Air Force Engineering School in Riga
13. Home address of the awardee: 1 Lomonosov Street, city of Riga
14. Record of all awards received:

Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 659503 Order booklet nr. 683707 Order of the 17th Air Army nr. 026 of June 11, 1944
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 352222 Order booklet nr. 683707 Order of the 17th Air Army nr. 028 of March 22, 1945
Medal for Combat Merit / Order booklet nr. 683707 Decree of November 15, 1950
Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad / Permanent certificate nr. L-14201 Decree of December 22, 1942
Medal for the Victory over Germany / Permanent certificate nr. Z-0034211 Decree of May 9, 1945
Medal for the Capture of Budapest / Permanent certificate nr. A-048344 Decree of June 9, 1945
Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade / Permanent certificate nr. A-011165 Decree of June 9, 1945
Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy / / Decree of February 22, 1948
Order of the Red Star 3357305 Decree of October 26, 1955


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of the Personnel Section
Major [signed] /Yegorov/
April 25, 1951


Order

Secret
Copy nr. 1

Order

Of the 17th Air Army, 3rd Ukrainian Front

June 11, 1944 – Nr. 026/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:

[…]

The Order of the Red Star to:

[…]

60. Senior Lieutenant Aleksei Danilovich Tretyak, senior officer on duty in charge of long-range flights in the Operations Section of the staff of the 17th Air Army

[…]

Commander of the 17th Air Army
Colonel General of Aviation [signed] /Sudets/

Chief of staff of the 17th Air Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Korsakov/



Chief of the Personnel Section of the 17th Air Army
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Dergachov/


Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

[Pencil note: Red Star]

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Tretyak, Aleksei Danilovich
2. Rank: Senior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Senior officer on duty in charge of long-range flights in the Operations Section of the staff of the 17th Air Army
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1921
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Patriotic War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since the first days of the Patriotic War
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Third-degree burns
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1938
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Rubezhnoye Raion
11. Awards received previously (when and for which merits): Awarded the Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Comrade Tretyak served at the front line as a navigator since the beginning of the war. He flew SB aircraft and conducted 10 combat sorties, with orders to destroy enemy troops and materiel. On July 21, 1941 he was shot down by enemy fighters, sustaining third-degree burns to his face and arms. He has been serving in the staff of the 17th Air Army as the Operations Section’s senior officer on duty in charge of long-range flights since November 1942.

In his duties comrade Tretyak showed himself an active officer, who is dedicated to the cause of the motherland. He personally supported over 1500 long-range sorties by both single aircraft and formations, without a single violation of orders or instructions occurring. He carries out his duties with passion and great skill.

Comrade Tretyak fully deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Long-Range Flights Section of the staff of the 17th Air Army
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Mironychev/



He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Operations Section of the staff of the 17th Air Army
Colonel [signed] /Komarov/
April 29, 1944



He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of staff of the 17th Air Army
Major General of Aviation [signed] /Korsakov/
May 2, 1944



I award the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 17th Air Army
Colonel General of Aviation /Sudets/



By Order of the 17th Air Army nr. 026/N of June 11, 1944 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 17th Air Army
Major [signed] /Petrov/
June 15, 1944




Cheers, Ade.

[JMM]

Yeap, we see why!
Auke works very fast. He did the research for mine in less than a week
I'm very glad that Auke can do this. Guess that the first thing one thinks after getting an Order of the Red Star is doing the research (one thing completes the other)
Congrats on your item, Adrian

[GIZMO8Z]

Very nice, Ade! Congrats! Good work, Auke!

[Adrian Stevenson]

As always, thanks for the kind comments.

Some info on the "SB" aircraft he flew. In Russian: Скоростной бомбардировщик – Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik – "high speed bomber", also known as the Tupolev ANT40.

PSC «Tupolev» - ANT-40 (SB)

Cheers, Ade.

[robin morley]

Very nice award Ade and equally nice citation. Would be great to track down his other numbered awards to complete the set however the chances of that happening are pretty slim.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks Robin. I would love to re-unite his group.

Cheers, Ade.

[Adrian Stevenson]

I have now ordered the research on his service record. Hopefully we will have an update next week to this thread. Fingers crossed for a photo.

Cheers, Ade.

[Allegra]

Absolutely beautiful! Congrats on the pick-up.

Cheers