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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Aviation Dmitrii Tikhonovich Nikishin

Nikishin, Dmitrii Tikhonovich

Lieutenant-General of Aviation

* 2nd of February 1910

† 16th of April 2003

(Дмитрий Тихонович Никишин)

Promotions

1945-06-27 Major-General of Aviation
1956-11-26 Lieutenant-General of Aviation

Service

1941-02-XX 1942-01-XX Attending the Military Command & Navigation Academy of the Air Force
1942-01-XX 1942-06-XX At disposal of the Personnel Directorate, Air Force
1942-06-XX 1942-11-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 3rd Reserve Aviation Brigade
1942-08-XX 1942-11-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Aviation Brigade
1942-11-XX 1943-02-XX Inspector of Fighter & Reconnaissance Aviation, Inspectorate of the Air Force
1943-02-XX 1943-05-XX Chief of ? Section, Bomber Aviation Directorate, Main Combat Training Directorate, Air Force
1943-05-XX 1945-03-XX Head of Bomber Aviation Directorate, Main Combat Training Directorate, Air Force
1945-03-14 1947-11-XX Commanding Officer VI Guards Bomber Aviation Corps
1947-11-XX Commanding Officer VII Bomber Aviation Corps
1949-12-XX Commanding Officer LXXXIII Mixed Aviation Corps
1949-12-XX 1951-10-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1951-10-XX 1953-08-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, White Sea Military District
1953-08-XX 1956-01-XX Assistant Commanding Officer 76th Air Army
1956-01-XX 1960-02-XX Commanding Officer 76th Air Army
1960-02-XX 1960-10-XX First Deputy Commanding Officer 22nd Air Army
1960-10-XX 1968-09-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, Siberian Military District
1968-09-XX 1970-09-XX Deputy Commandant of the Military Academy of Aviation Engineering
1970-09-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin