The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Aviation Mikhail Vasilevich Shcherbakov

Shcherbakov, Mikhail Vasilevich

Lieutenant-General of Aviation

* 1st of September 1903

† 5th of September 1944

(Михаил Васильевич Щербаков)

Promotions

1941-10-22 Major-General of Aviation
1944-08-19 Lieutenant-General of Aviation

Service

1937-02-XX 1938-09-XX Instructor at the Air Force Academy
1938-09-XX 1939-11-XX Head of Tactics Department, Air Force Academy
1939-11-XX 1941-06-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1941-06-XX Deputy Chief of Main Staff, Air Force
1941-06-XX Chief of 1st Section, Main Staff, Air Force
1943-09-02 Assistant Inspector-General for Operational-Technical Training, Air Force
1943-09-02 1944-09-05 Commanding Officer 113th Bomber Aviation Division
1944-09-05 Killed in an air crash
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin