The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Podgornyi, Ivan Dmitrievich
Colonel-General of Aviation
* 29th of March 1914
† 11th of November 1996
(Иван Дмитриевич Подгорный)
Promotions
| 1942-11-22 | Colonel |
| 1943-03-17 | Major-General of Aviation |
| 1944-09-13 | Lieutenant-General of Aviation |
| 1956-11-26 | Colonel-General of Aviation |
Service
| 1939-XX-XX | – | 1940-10-XX | Commanding Officer 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| 1940-10-XX | – | 1942-05-18 | Commanding Officer 46th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| 1942-05-18 | – | 1943-02-12 | Commanding Officer 235th Fighter Aviation Division |
| 1943-02-XX | – | 1944-11-30 | Commanding Officer IV Fighter Aviation Corps |
| 1944-11-30 | – | Commanding Officer III Guards Fighter Aviation Corps | |
| Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff | |||
| 1948-08-XX | – | 1949-06-XX | Commanding Officer XXXIII Fighter Aviation Corps |
| 1949-06-XX | – | 1949-07-XX | Commanding Officer 66th Fighter Air Army |
| 1949-07-XX | – | 1949-12-XX | Commanding Officer 40th Fighter Air Army |
| 1949-12-XX | – | 1951-10-XX | Commanding Officer 32nd Fighter Air Army |
| 1951-10-XX | – | 1954-05-XX | Commanding Officer 24th Air Army |
| 1954-05-XX | – | 1958-01-XX | Commanding Officer 52nd Fighter Air Army |
| 1958-01-XX | – | 1960-07-XX | Assistant Commander in Chief for Military Schools, Air Defence Forces |
| 1960-07-XX | – | 1960-12-XX | Chief of Staff, Defence Forces |
| 1960-12-XX | – | 1963-05-XX | First Deputy Commander in Chief of Air Defence Forces |
| 1963-05-XX | – | 1981-09-XX | First Deputy Commander in Chief of Air Defence Forces, Warsaw Pact Forces |
| 1981-09-XX | – | 1987-11-XX | Inspector-Counsellor, Group of Inspector-Generals, Ministry of Defence |
| 1987-11-XX | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin