Born into a miner's family. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1929. Graduated from the workers' faculty and two courses at the Donetsk Pedagogical Institute.

In the Red Army since 1931. Graduated in 1934 military school pilots. Served in Bomber Aviation.

Participated in Soviet-Finnish war. He was the squadron commander of the 50th high-speed bomber air regiment of the 18th air force of the 7th Army of the Northwestern Front. Made 56 combat missions.

03.21.40 Captain Voronkov Mikhail Mikhailovich was awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union.

Participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 1941

Aviation Lieutenant General Karavatsky recalls: “Lieutenant Colonel M.M. Voronkova has penetrating eyes, a kind face with bright features. He flew bombers different types more than one hundred hours. Mikhail Mikhailovich met the beginning of the war in Estonia. There he made his first combat flight. At night he drove nine DB-3s on long routes, striking at enemy rear areas.”

From November 1942, he commanded the 128th Bomber Regiment, 241st Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 16th VA.

Participated in the Battle of Kursk.

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Aviation Lieutenant General Karavatsky recalls: “New ones were born in squadrons and regiments. tactics fight the enemy. Characteristic in this regard is the initiative of the pilots of the 128th regiment, commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union M.M. Voronkov. In this regiment, a group of sniper bombing masters was created for the first time. Mikhail Mikhailovich put together it from the most experienced crews. He himself took her on missions.

A new technique was born in the group - “spinner”. What did this mean? Below is the target: a concentration of enemy tanks, vehicles or motorized infantry. The leader of the group of masters was the first to begin bombing with a dive. His followers rushed after him. Approaching the target several times, the Petlyakovs formed a giant vertical circle above it, reminiscent of a hoop. From a distance it seemed that this roaring “hoop” was rolling, and bomb explosions swirled in fire and smoke underneath it.

Such “turntables” were soon created in every regiment. The effect of the bombing exceeded all expectations. Where the “pinwheel” swept by like a hurricane, nothing could survive.”

Participated in the liberation of Belarus.

Lieutenant General of Aviation Karavatsky recalls: “October turned out to be tense for the corps. The Petlyakovs bombed the enemy in Gomel, Kalinkovichi, Mozyr, and crushed strongholds deep in the enemy’s defenses. The crews flew further and further west.

During this period, the exemplary performance of one of the tasks by the bombing master, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel M.M., deserves attention. Voronkov. The Gomel railway junction was thoroughly protected from air attack. There was more than enough anti-aircraft artillery here. There was no point in thinking about a daytime raid on the station. And it is absolutely necessary to destroy it. Enemy military echelons streamed through this junction. We decided to wait for suitable weather.

At dawn on October 6, fog swirled over the ground. This suited the crews quite well, and the Petlyakovs, one after another, took to the skies. They were led by the commander of the 128th regiment M.M. Voronkov. We gained altitude, broke through the clouds and, having adopted a battle formation, laid down on the calculated course.

The bombers were above the target at an altitude of over 3000 meters. The clouds were still piling up below. There was not the slightest doubt that the crews were above Gomel. Our navigators have not had any errors in calculations for a long time.

Let's attack! - Voronkov made a decision and entered a dive.

Six more Petlyakovs rushed after him. They immediately disappeared into the thick clouds. Only at an altitude of 1000 meters did the city appear in their gaps. The deviation was insignificant. I had to change the dive angle a little to get into the rows with accuracy railway cars and platforms. At this time, an armored train and about a dozen trains were at the station.

The bombs were dropped simultaneously. We made a sharp turn and climbed, and the Pe-2 disappeared into the clouds again. The wingmen followed the commander, as if tied by an invisible thread. Volleys of anti-aircraft guns rang out. But the Petlyakovs were already in the clouds, and the Nazis fired at random.

The bombers took the opposite course. Our fighters met them at the agreed square. Cloud cover was still low. The landing was made using a guidance station.

In this raid, the crews of the 3rd Corps, together with attack aircraft and other bomber units of the 16th Air Army, destroyed 62 cars, 3 locomotives, 20 platforms, and 40 vehicles. The armored train was also damaged. The warehouse was set on fire. Over 70 meters of the railway track were destroyed.”

In one of the flights, Lieutenant Colonel Voronkov was wounded, but continued to carry out the combat mission.

Aviation Lieutenant General Karavatsky recalls: “Retreating, the fascist German command tried to preserve its reserves and transfer them beyond the Svisloch. To the regiment commander, Hero of the Soviet Union M.M. Voronkov was ordered to destroy the crossing. Above the target, the crews formed a battle-tested “turntable.” Eight anti-aircraft batteries rained fire on them. The shells were exploding closer and closer. The flagship was the first to rush into a steep dive. Suddenly the cabin was illuminated by a bright flame. There was an explosion. The shell hit the center section. Mikhail Mikhailovich was wounded by fragments of glass and metal. Blood streamed down his face. Voronkov brushed it off with his sleeve, but the blood still flooded his eyes, and everything seemed purple to him - the earth and the sky, the fascists that had accumulated at the crossing. But the regiment commander did not turn away from the combat course. The bombs were dropped exactly on target. The crossing turned out to be broken.”

Voronkov's regiment also distinguished itself during the liberation of Poland.

When aerial reconnaissance determined that enemy troops were concentrating in the Inowludzi area, seeking to cross the Pilica River and occupy a prepared defensive line on the northern bank, the commander of the 16th VA ordered the commander of the 3rd Bomber Air Corps to destroy enemy troops and equipment in the area. After the bomber strike, the bridge at the Inowludz point was destroyed, the enemy abandoned over 500 serviceable vehicles on the approaches to it, and his troops began to randomly roll back to Tomaszow. At the same time, three nine Pe-2s of the 128th tank, led by Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Voronkov, distinguished themselves. As a result of successful raids, traffic in this area railway was discontinued.

Particularly effective were the actions of three groups of the 128th BAP, led by regiment commander Voronkov, during the bombardment of the railway bridge near Plock. The pilots recorded three direct hits on the bridge.

For the courage and heroism shown by the pilots of the regiment during the liberation of Poland, the 128th BAP was awarded the order Suvorov III degree.

On April 27, 1945, by the end of the day it became known that German command, having lost all airfields in and near Berlin, uses the main alley in the Tiergarten park, which has a concrete surface, for takeoff and landing of planes. By order of the commander of the air army, four Il-2s of the 9th air force were immediately sent there, which damaged this strip with direct bomb hits.

An hour before dark, dive-bomb snipers of the 3rd tank, led by the regiment commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Voronkov, struck again at the last “airfield” of the Nazis, prepared in case the fascist government fled. Additional damage was caused to the runway. Subsequently, air force fighters were constantly on duty over it, and attack aircraft carried out periodic raids.

For the courage and heroism shown by the pilots of the regiment during the storming of Berlin, the 128th Air Force was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

After the war, Colonel Voronkov continued to serve in the Air Force. Since 1968 - retired.

He was buried in Moscow, at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

Voronkov Mikhail Mikhailovich - commander of the air squadron of the 50th high-speed bomber aviation regiment (18th high-speed bomber aviation brigade, 7th Army Air Force, North-Western Front), captain.
Born on January 4 (17), 1910 in the village of Makeevka, Makeevka volost, Taganrog district of the Don Army Region (now the city of Makeevka, Donetsk region, Ukraine). Ukrainian. In 1927 he graduated from the 7th grade of school in Makeevka. In 1927-1928 he worked as chairman of a work collective in the Makeyevsky district, in 1928-1929 as a mechanic in the construction of coke ovens in the village of Rutchenkovo (now within the city of Donetsk), in 1929-1930 as a cultural and educational worker in the Komsomol district committee. At the same time, in 1929-1931, he studied at the workers' faculty under Stalinsky pedagogical institute(now the city of Donetsk).
In the army since December 1931. In 1934 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation Pilot School. He served in the Air Force as a pilot, flight commander and detachment commander of a bomber air squadron, and commander of an air squadron of a bomber air regiment (in the Leningrad Military District).
Participant in the Soviet-Finnish War: in December 1939 - March 1940 - commander of an air squadron of the 50th high-speed bomber aviation regiment. He made 56 combat missions on an SB bomber to strike enemy personnel and equipment.
For courage and heroism shown in battles with Finnish troops, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 21, 1940, to Major Voronkov Mikhail Mikhailovich awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.
He continued to serve in the Air Force as commander of an air squadron of a bomber air regiment (in the Baltic Military District; the city of Haapsalu, Estonia).
Participant of the Great Patriotic War: in June-August 1941 - commander of an air squadron of the 50th Bomber Aviation Regiment, in August 1941 - October 1942 - commander of the 275th Bomber Aviation Regiment. He fought on the Northwestern (June-July 1941), Leningrad (September-October 1941) and Stalingrad (July-October 1942) fronts. Participated in defensive battles in Estonia, the defense of Leningrad and Stalingrad.
In November 1942 - May 1945 - commander of the 128th Bomber Aviation Regiment. He fought on the Bryansk (January-March 1943), Central (March-October 1943), Belorussian (October 1943 - February 1944) and 1st Belorussian (February-September 1944 and November 1944 - May 1945) fronts. Participated in the Voronezh-Kastornensky operation, the Battle of Kursk, the Chernigov-Pripyat, Gomel-Rechitsa, Kalinkovichi-Mozyr, Rogachev-Zhlobin, Bobruisk, Warsaw-Poznan and Berlin operations.
In total, during the war he made 42 combat missions on SB and Pe-2 bombers to strike enemy personnel and equipment.
After the war, until May 1946, he continued to command a bomber regiment (in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany). In 1946-1948 - deputy commander of the 221st Bomber Aviation Division (in the Tauride Military District; Zaporozhye, Ukraine). From 1948 - deputy commander of the 4th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (in the Baltic Military District; the city of Panevezys, Lithuania), in 1950-1952 - deputy commander of the 587th Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Division (Air Force of the 4th Navy, Baltic; city Panevezys, Lithuania).
In 1952 he graduated from the Academic Courses for Officers at the Naval Academy. In 1952-1954 - deputy commander of the 105th Naval Aviation Corps for flight training (Pacific Fleet Air Force; Byaude village, now within the boundaries of the Maysky village, Sovetsko-Gavansky district, Primorsky Territory). In 1956 he graduated from the Air Force Academy (Monino) in absentia. Since 1955 - senior pilot inspector for piloting techniques and flight theory - deputy head of the combat training department of the 73rd Air Army Directorate (in the Turkestan Military District; headquarters in Tashkent, Uzbekistan). Since January 1959, Colonel M.M. Voronkov has been in reserve.
Since 1961, he worked as a senior engineer, group leader, group leader, deputy head of department and leading engineer at NII-1 (since 1966 - Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering); was engaged in the development of solid fuel rocket technology.
Colonel (1949). Awarded the Order of Lenin (03/21/1940), 3 Orders of the Red Banner (09/18/1944; 04/30/1945; 06/13/1952), the Order of Alexander Nevsky (02/6/1944), 2 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (08/12/1945; 11/03) .1985), Order of the Red Star (04/30/1947), medal “For Military Merit” (11/3/1944) and other medals.
In the city of Donetsk, on the building of school No. 93, which (according to unconfirmed data) is the legal successor of the Makeevka school, where M.M. Voronkov studied, a memorial plaque was installed.
Note: As of March 1985, he continued to work at MIT. The plant's shutdown time has not been set.

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Petr Voronkov - about the Canadian Jean Beliveau

29.10.2018, 0:00

Kommersant FM columnist Pyotr Voronkov talks about a meeting with Jean Beliveau, who at some point decided to walk around the world on foot.

I don’t know why, but I’m lucky with some extraordinary stories. Jean Beliveau, Canadian... I once met him in South Africa - he was walking along the highway and pushing a small cart in front of him. I saw him on TV and that's why I stopped. By that time, Jean had crossed the Northern and South America, moved to Cape Town and was pushing his cart north. In short, his goal was trip around the world on foot. He's already worn out nine pairs of sneakers. In the Chilean Atacama Desert he was attacked by a puma. Somewhere they shot, somewhere they tried to rob.

Great, I said. - How did you even decide?

Midlife crisis,” he smiled, “depression, I decided to get away from all this, and left. I just miss my wife. She is great.

I gave him the phone. He dialed his Lucy. I generously shared the supplies with him, this is his “fuel” after all. To be honest, I doubted its success. I googled it the other day. My God, he did it, and even a few years ago! National hero. We connected via Skype. A completely gray-haired man with surprisingly clear eyes looked at me. Found out. There were 50 pairs of worn-out sneakers.

You helped me a lot then, no, not even with supplies,” he frowned and thought, “you said one important thing- life does not happen to smoldering people. So here's mine real life stayed there, in these 11 years of walking around the world. But there are plans. By the way, how are your travels?

This is where I began to think deeply.

Mikhail Voronkov Career: Constructor
Birth: Ukraine, 17.1.1910
Hero of the Soviet Union (03.21.40). Awarded the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree, the Order of the Red Star, and medals.

Born into a miner's family. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1929. Graduated from the workers' faculty and two courses at the Donetsk Pedagogical Institute.

In the Red Army since 1931. In 1934 he graduated from a military pilot school. Served in Bomber Aviation.

Participated in the Soviet-Finnish war. He was the squadron commander of the 50th high-speed bomber air regiment of the 18th air force of the 7th Army of the Northwestern Front. Made 56 combat missions.

On March 21, 1940, Captain Mikhail Mikhailovich Voronkov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 1941.

Aviation Lieutenant General Karavatsky recalls: Lieutenant Colonel M.M. Voronkova - penetrating eyes, kind, with bright features. He flew hundreds of hours on bombers of various types. Mikhail Mikhailovich met the beginning of the war in Estonia. There he made his first combat mission. At night he drove nine DB-3s on long routes, striking at enemy rear areas.

From November 1942, he commanded the 128th Bomber Regiment, 241st Battalion, 3rd Battalion, 16th VA.

Participated in the Battle of Kursk.

Aviation Lieutenant General Karavatsky recalls: New tactical methods of fighting the enemy were born in squadrons and regiments. Characteristic in this regard is the initiative of the pilots of the 128th regiment, commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union M.M. Voronkov. In this regiment, a group of sniper bombing masters was created for the first time. Mikhail Mikhailovich put together it from the most experienced crews. He himself took her on missions.

A new technique was born in the group - the turntable. What did this mean? Below is the target: a concentration of enemy tanks, vehicles or motorized infantry. The leader of the group of masters was the first to begin bombing with a dive. His followers rushed after him. By approaching the target several times, the Petlyakovs formed a huge vertical circle above it, reminiscent of a hoop. From a distance it seemed that the same roaring hoop was rolling, and bomb explosions swirled in fire and smoke underneath it.

Such turntables were soon created in every regiment. The effect of the bombing exceeded all expectations. Where, like a hurricane, the turntable rushed by, nothing could survive.

Participated in the liberation of Belarus.

Lieutenant General of Aviation Karavatsky recalls: October turned out to be tense for the corps. The Petlyakovs bombed the enemy in Gomel, Kalinkovichi, Mozyr, and crushed strongholds deep in the enemy’s defense. The crews flew further and further west.

During that same period of time, the exemplary performance of one of the tasks by the bombing master Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel M.M., deserves attention. Voronkov. The Gomel railway junction was thoroughly protected from air attack. There was more than enough anti-aircraft artillery in this place. There was no point in thinking about a daytime raid on the station. And it’s damn necessary to break it. The enemy's military echelons were streaming through that very junction. We decided to wait for suitable weather.

At dawn on October 6, fog swirled over the ground. This completely suited the crews, and the Petlyakovs, one after the other, rose into the sky. They were led by the chief of the 128th regiment M.M. Voronkov. We gained altitude, broke through the clouds and, having assumed a combat formation, lay down on the calculated movement vector.

Let's attack! - Voronkov accepted the conclusion and entered a dive.

Six more Petlyakovs rushed after him. They immediately disappeared into the thick clouds. Only at an altitude of 1000 meters did a town appear in their gaps. The deviation was insignificant. The cat cried had to change the angle of the dive in order to accurately climb onto the rows of railway cars and platforms. At this time, an armored train and about a dozen trains were at the station.

The bombs were dropped at the same time. We made a sharp turn and climbed, and the Pe-2s disappeared into the clouds once again. The wingmen followed the commander, as if tied by an invisible thread. Volleys of anti-aircraft guns rang out. But the Petlyakovs were already in the clouds, and the Nazis were shooting at random.

The bombers lay down on the rear vector of movement. Our fighters met them at the agreed square. Cloud cover was still low. The landing was made using a guidance station.

In one of the flights, Lieutenant Colonel Voronkov was wounded, but continued to carry out the combat mission.

Aviation Lieutenant General Karavatsky recalls: While retreating, the fascist German leadership tried to save their reserves and transfer them beyond the Svisloch. To the regiment commander, Hero of the Soviet Union M.M. Voronkov was ordered to liquidate the crossing. The crews formed a battle-tested helicopter over the target. Eight anti-aircraft batteries rained down on them. The shells were exploding closer and closer. The flagship was the first to rush into a steep dive. Suddenly the cabin was illuminated by a bright flame. There was an explosion. The shell hit the center section. Mikhail Mikhailovich was wounded by fragments of glass and metal. Blood streamed down his face. Voronkov brushed it off with his sleeve, but the blood still flooded his eyes, and everything seemed purple to him - the soil and the sky, the fascists that had accumulated at the crossing. But the regiment commander did not turn away from the combat course. The bombs were dropped correctly on the target. The crossing was broken.

Voronkov's regiment also distinguished itself during the liberation of Poland.

When aerial reconnaissance determined that enemy troops were concentrating in the Inowludzi area, trying to cross the Pilica River and occupy a prepared defensive position on the northern bank, the commander of the 16th VA ordered the commander of the 3rd Bomber Air Corps to eliminate enemy troops and equipment in the area. After the bomber strike, the bridge at the Inowludz point was destroyed, the enemy abandoned over 500 serviceable vehicles on the approaches to it, and his troops began to randomly roll back to Tomaszow. At the same time, three nine Pe-2s of the 128th tank, led by Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Voronkov, distinguished themselves. As a result of successful raids, traffic on this section of the railway was stopped.

For the courage and heroism shown by the pilots of the regiment during the liberation of Poland, the 128th Air Force was awarded the Order of Suvorov, III degree.

On 04/27/45, by the end of the day, it became known that the German leadership, having lost all airfields in Berlin and near it, was using the main alley in Tiergarten Park, which has a concrete surface, for takeoff and landing of aircraft. By order of the commander of the air army, four Il-2s of the 9th air force were immediately sent there, which damaged this strip with direct bomb hits.

An hour before dark, dive-bomb snipers of the 3rd tank, led by the regiment commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant Colonel Voronkov, struck again at the last Nazi airfield prepared for the escape of the fascist government. Additional damage was caused to the runway. Subsequently, air force fighters were constantly on duty over it, and attack aircraft carried out periodic raids.

For the courage and heroism shown by the pilots of the regiment during the storming of Berlin, the 128th Air Force was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

After the war, Colonel Voronkov continued to serve in the Air Force. Since 1968 - retired.

He was buried in Moscow, at the Troekurovsky cemetery.

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