The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Aviation Vasilii Gavrilovich Tikhonov

Tikhonov, Vasilii Gavrilovich

Lieutenant-General of Aviation

* 16th of June 1909

† 6th of September 1976

(Василий Гаврилович Тихонов)

Promotions

1944-08-19 Major-General of Aviation
1959-05-25 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-09-XX 1941-12-XX Commanding Officer 579th Long Range Bomber Aviation Regiment
1941-12-XX 1942-03-XX Commanding Officer 751st Long Range Bomber Aviation Regiment
1942-03-XX 1943-05-01 Commanding Officer 8th Guards Long Range Aviation Regiment
1943-05-01 1944-12-26 Commanding Officer 8th Guards Long Range Aviation Division
1944-12-26 1946-12-XX Commanding Officer 18th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
1946-12-XX 1947-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 73rd Auxiliary Aviation Division
1947-08-XX 1950-12-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Long Range Bomber Aviation Division
1950-12-XX 1952-10-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952-10-XX 1953-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer LXXXI Guards Long Range Bomber Aviation Corps
1953-08-XX Commanding Officer 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
1960-11-XX First Deputy Commanding Officer 43rd Long Range Air Army
1960-11-XX 1962-05-XX First Deputy Commanding 43rd Rocket Army
1960-11-XX 1962-05-XX Member of the Military Council, 43rd Rocket Army
1962-05-XX 1970-08-05 Commandant of Kharkov Higher Aviation Engineering Military School
1970-08-05 Retired
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