Skripko, Nikolai Semyonovich
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[edit] Biography
Skripko joined the Red Army in 1918[1] and fought in the Russian Civil War. He ended the war serving in the artillery of the 2nd Rifle Division, part of the 5th Army[2].
After the war Skripko continued to serve in the artillery until March, 1924, when he was chosen to attend the Egorevsk Aviation School. Shortly after arriving at Egorevsk, he was transferred to Leningrad to continue his ground school there. In 1925, after completing ground school in Leningrad he attended the Kachinsk Military Aviation School in Sebastopol where he trained on the U-1 trainer and the R-1. He graduated from Kachinsk in May, 1927[2].
His first flight assignment was to the 36th Light Bomber Squadron, part of the 7th Aviation Brigade, stationed in Kirovograd. The squadron consisted of 32 aircraft and was commanded by Vasily Ivanovich Chulkov (Василий Иванович Чулков)[2].
In the summer of 1928, Skripko was transferred to the Borisoglebsk 2nd Military Pilots School to be an instructor. In the fall of 1929, Skripko led an aviation detachment from Borisoglebsk that participated in the Belorussian Military District's "Borbrusk Maneuvers"[2]. In February, 1934, Skripko transferred to the Orenburg 3rd Military School for Pilots and Observers, where he became commander of a training brigade. The brigade included five squadrons of thirty aircraft each, including U-1s, R-1s, and I-4s. In 1937, while still stationed at Orenburg Skripko began flying the TB-3 heavy bomber[2].
In July, 1938, Skripko became commander of the newly-formed 13th Light Bomber Regiment in the Central Asian Military District. The Regiment included four squadrons of R-5s and one squadron of TB-1s, and was the most powerful unit in the District. On June 1, 1939 the unit was renamed the 34th Fast Bomber Regiment after replacing its R-5s with SB bombers[2].
[edit] Publications
- To Targets Near and Far, 1981, is Skripko's memoir
[edit] Sources
- Skripko, Nikolai Semenovich at Bolshoi Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
[edit] References
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