The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Aviation Dmitrii Dmitrievich Popov

Popov, Dmitrii Dmitrievich

Lieutenant-General of Aviation

* 2nd of April 1900

† May 1988

(Дмитрий Дмитриевич Попов)

Promotions

1942-11-10 Major-General of Aviation
1949-05-11 Lieutenant-General of Aviation

Service

1939-12-XX 1940-12-XX Chief of Rear Service, Air Forces, Odessa Military District
1940-12-XX 1941-12-16 Deputy Commanding Officer 20th Mixed Aviation Division
1941-12-16 1942-04-24 Commanding Officer 21st Mixed Aviation Division
1942-04-XX 1942-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Air Forces, 37th Army
1942-05-18 1943-06-24 Commanding Officer 218th Night Bomber Aviation Division
1943-06-XX 1947-09-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 15th Air Army
1947-09-XX 1949-12-XX Commanding Officer 5th Air army
1949-12-XX 1952-02-XX Assistant Commanding Officer 54th Air Army
1952-02-XX 1953-02-XX Assistant Commanding Officer Air Forces, Don Military District
1953-02-XX 1955-06-XX Assistant Commanding Officer Air Forces, Northern Caucasian Military District
1955-06-XX 1955-09-XX At disposal of the Commander in Chief of the Air Force
1955-09-XX At disposal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin