ORB N°88005

[Alfred]

Sometimes the owner put an additional screw on the back, maybe for better fixing the award to the jacket.

best regards
Andreas

[Lapa]

Very often, pilots were modifying their orders this way.

[filo]

Very often, pilots were modifying their orders this way.

Marc, this is also my hope.

Alfred, great ORB, and with low serial number, a pilot?

[Alfred]

Alfred, great ORB, and with low serial number, a pilot?

I don ´t know. I did no research. I have his name from the book with Red Banner serial numbers.
Макаров Георгий Илларионович
But no entry in podvignaroda.

Andreas

[Egorka]

I don ´t know. I did no research. I have his name from the book with Red Banner serial numbers.
Макаров Георгий Илларионович
But no entry in podvignaroda.
Andreas

Hello,
There is OPWII 1985 issues for this name. But no other awards.
I think, chances are high that this is a NKVD award and therefor not traceable. But no definitive answer can be given without research.
Could you post the award book photo?

[filo]

I hope it is not one of them...

Макаров Георгий Илларионович.JPG

[Lapa]

Filo,

It is definitely not the last one for an even better reason that a different patronym

[filo]

Filo,

It is definitely not the last one for an even better reason that a different patronym

My fault, I cut bad the image.

[Alfred]

I don ´t know. I did no research. I have his name from the book with Red Banner serial numbers.
Макаров Георгий Илларионович
But no entry in podvignaroda.
Andreas

Hello,
There is OPWII 1985 issues for this name. But no other awards.
I think, chances are high that this is a NKVD award and therefor not traceable. But no definitive answer can be given without research.
Could you post the award book photo?

I forgot from whom and when I got the name. I think it is from the book of Nepomjatschii, Sergej.

best regards
Anbdreas

[Auke]

Correct, he is in Nepomnyashchy's book. He was a Guards Senior Lieutenant in the Independent Coastal Army.

There's a chance his name is actually Markov; there was a Guards Senior Lieutenant Georgy Illarionovich Markov - (Марков Георгий Илларионович 1918) who was awarded a Red Banner on December 29, 1943 by Order of the Independent Coastal Army (http://podvignaroda.ru/?#id=21503937&ta ... ilManAward).

[Alfred]

Many thanks Auke !

best regards
Andreas

[Egorka]

Correct, he is in Nepomnyashchy's book. He was a Guards Senior Lieutenant in the Independent Coastal Army.

There's a chance his name is actually Markov; there was a Guards Senior Lieutenant Georgy Illarionovich Markov - (Марков Георгий Илларионович 1918) who was awarded a Red Banner on December 29, 1943 by Order of the Independent Coastal Army (http://podvignaroda.ru/?#id=21503937&ta ... ilManAward).

Auke, you are right... Experience!

Markov's last award OPWII is posthumous.
Guards Captain MARKOV was KIA on 10 Feb 1945.

[Egorka]

Just to add, that MARKOV was now a pilot...
At ORB award: Company Commander of 80 Gu. Rifle Regiment, 32 Gu. Rifle Division.
At the time of his death: Battalion Commander of 264 Gu. Rifle Regiment, 87 Gu. Rifle Division.

[Egorka]

MARKOV's ORB citation mentions his decisive actions when seizing the height 125,6.
Here is the map from 19/Nov/1943 where the height is shown.
The height 125,6 was seized by 80 Gu.RR on 12/Nov and 7 counter attacks were repelled on the same day.