The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Aviation Viktor Ivanovich Smirnov

Smirnov, Viktor Ivanovich

Lieutenant-General of Aviation

* 1901

† August 1965

(Виктор Иванович Смирнов)

Promotions

1944-04-20 Major-General of Aviation
1945-06-20 Lieutenant-General of Aviation

Service

1941-06-25 1941-08-18 Military Commissar, 56th Aviation Division
1942-08-13 1942-10-09 Military Commissar, 278th Fighter Aviation Division
1942-10-09 1943-03-04 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, 278th Fighter Aviation Division
1943-03-04 1943-03-16 Deputy Commanding Officer for Political Affairs, V Mixed Aviation Corps
1943-03-16 1943-06-26 Chief of the Political Section, V Mixed Aviation Corps
1943-06-23 1944-01-18 Chief of the Political Section, VII Fighter Aviation Corps
1944-01-18 1945-05-11 Member of the Military Council, 5th Air Army