Video: Ivan Fedorov - Russian pilot awarded by Hitler
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
The Russian military-historical society inexorably continues to talk about the heroes who made an amazing contribution to the cause of the common Victory. One of which is the pilot Ivan Evgrafovich Fedorov.
He flew on airplanes of 297 types, participated in seven wars, was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union three times, but received a well-deserved star only after the war on the personal order of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. And one "high" award was presented to him by order of Adolf Hitler! At the same time, Fedorov was not some kind of traitor-deserter - on the contrary, a real patriot!
Almost before the war itself, in June 1941, a delegation of the Red Army Air Force was sent to Germany to get acquainted with the achievements of the Luftwaffe. That was the practice: they came to us, we came to them. The pilots were interested in the new, experimental Heinkel-100 fighter. The plane was not yet fully tested, the Germans flew it reluctantly and did not perform aerobatics. Hitler himself was very positive about this model.
On the day of the demonstration flight, the German pilot was late, and then Ivan Fedorov himself got into the cockpit and took off. During the flight, he demonstrated several aerobatics. Reichsmarschall Hermann Goeringi himself, Hitler, who was delighted with the pirouettes of his beloved plane, was present at the training ground. Publicly, he stated that he was awarding the pilot with the Knight's Cross. When it turned out that a Soviet communist pilot was flying the experimental plane, there was nowhere to retreat …
During the war years, on account of Ivan Evgrafovich, 134 shot down enemy aircraft and 6 air rams were received by the Nazis from the Soviet ace in full.
By the way, Fedorov treated the "high" award from Hitler just as "respectfully": he nailed the cross to the heel of his boot.
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