The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Aviation Vasilii Vasilevich Stepichev

Stepichev, Vasilii Vasilevich

Colonel-General of Aviation

* 1st of January 1903

† 13th of April 1982

(Василий Васильевич Степичев)

Promotions

1943-03-17 Major-General of Aviation
1944-05-11 Lieutenant-General of Aviation
1955-08-08 Colonel-General of Aviation

Service

1936-02-XX 1937-06-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Aviation Brigade, 8th Odessa Pilot School
1937-06-XX 1938-06-01 Commanding Officer Aviation Brigade, 3rd Pilot School
1938-06-01 1940-04-01 Arrested
1940-04-01 Released
1940-10-XX Reinstated in the Air Force
1940-10-XX 1941-04-XX Inspector, 36th Aviation Division
1941-04-XX 1941-12-XX Commanding Officer 316th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
1942-01-04 1942-02-15 Commanding Officer 63rd Aviation Division
1942-01-XX 1942-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Air Forces, 21st Army
1942-05-25 1942-10-11 Commanding Officer 228th Assault Aviation Division
1942-10-10 1944-10-27 Commanding Officer II Assault Aviation Corps
1944-10-27 1946-03-05 Commanding Officer III Guards Assault Aviation Corps
1946-03-05 1948-11-XX Commanding Officer 4th Air Army
1948-11-XX 1950-09-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Combat Training, Air Force
1950-09-XX 1953-01-XX Commanding Officer 57th Air Army
1953-01-XX 1953-09-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1953-09-XX 1957-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Air Forces, Far Eastern Military District
1957-05-XX 1958-04-XX Commanding Officer 1st Special Purpose Air Army
1958-04-XX 1961-02-XX Senior Military Adviser to Czechoslovakia
1962-02-XX Retired
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