Vladimir Aleksenko
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Vladimir Avramovich Aleksenko was a ground-attack aviation squadron and regimental commander during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded his first Hero
Vladimir Aleksenko
Leningrad Front
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The Leningrad Front was a Soviet front formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front on August 27, 1941.
Vladimir Aleksenko
…He joined the Communist Party in 1943. In February 1943, Aleksenko became an Ilyushin Il-2 pilot in the 15th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment on the Leningrad Front with the rank of junior lieutenant. During early 1944, Aleksenko flew attack sorties during the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive, which broke the siege of…
Soviet soldiers in the trenches on the Leningrad Front before an offensive. The soldier in the center possesses a DP machine gun.