The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Aviation Evgenii Iakovlevich Savitskii

Savitskii, Evgenii Iakovlevich

Marshal of Aviation

* 24th of December 1910

† 6th of April 1990

(Евгений Яковлевич Савицкий)

Promotions

1942-07-01 Colonel
1943-03-17 Major-General of Aviation
1944-05-11 Lieutenant-General of Aviation
1955-08-08 Colonel-General of Aviation
1961-05-06 Marshal of Aviation

Service

1940-09-XX 1941-04-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
1941-04-XX 1942-03-XX Commanding Officer 29th Fighter Aviation Division
1942-03-XX 1942-04-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, 25th Army
1942-05-05 1942-11-12 Commanding Officer 205th Fighter Aviation Division
1942-12-10 1947-10-XX Commanding Officer III Fighter Aviation Corps
1947-10-XX 1948-08-XX Head of Combat Training Directorate, Main Air Force Directorate
1948-08-XX 1953-05-XX Commanding Officer Fighter Aviation, Air Defence Forces
1948-08-XX 1949-02-XX Commanding Officer 19th Fighter Air Army
1949-02-XX Commanding Officer 78th Fighter Air Army
1952-02-XX Commanding Officer 64th Fighter Air Army
1954-01-XX 1955-11-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1955-11-XX 1960-07-XX Commanding Officer Fighter Aviation, Air Defence Forces
1960-07-XX 1966-07-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, Air Defence Forces
1966-07-XX 1980-04-XX Deputy Commander in Chief of Air Defence Forces
1980-04-XX 1990-04-06 Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin