Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich

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Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich

Name: Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich (Ерёмин, Борис Николаевич) Years: 1913-2005 Rank: Lt. Gen. Nationality: Soviet Remarks: Soviet World War II fighter ace

Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 Sources 4 References

[edit] Biography

Eryomin joined the Red Army in 1931. In 1940 he graduated from the Kachinsk Military Aviation School^[1].

During World War II, Eryomin completed a total of 342 combat sorties of which 117 were reconnaissance, and participated in 70 aerial engagements in which he shot down 8 enemy aircraft individually and 15 as part of a group. He was recommended for the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 and again in 1945, but finally received the award only on May 5, 1990^[1].

[edit] Publications

• Air Warriors, 1987, is Eryomin's memoirs

[edit] Sources

• Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich  at airaces.narod.ru (in Russian)

• Interview with Boris Nikolaevich Eryomin  at army.lv (in Russian)

• Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich  at Peoples.ru (in Russian)

• Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich  at Virtual Kacha (in Russian)

• Eryomin, Boris Nikolaevich  at National Heroes (Герои Страны) (in Russian)

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=2073