PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Baidukov, Georgy Filippovich
Date of birth: May 26th, 1907 (Taryshta/Novosibirsk Oblast, Russian Empire)
Date of death:  December 28th, 1994 (Moscow, Russia)
Nationality:  Soviet
BIOGRAPHY: 
Baidukov was the recipient of the largest number of Soviet orders ever (22, plus numerous medals and foreign orders and medals). The majority of these he received before and after the war.

Ranks:

Major General of Aviation (17 March 1943)
Lieutenant General of Aviation (19 August 1944)
Colonel General of Aviation (1961)
     
ORDEN KRASNOGO ZNAMENI
Unit: 85 bombardirovochnogo aviatsionnogo polka (85th Bomber Aviation Regiment)
Awarded on: April 7th, 1940
Details: For successful combat flights in a DB-3 bomber.
 
     
ORDEN OTECHESTVENNOI VOINY 2
Rank: Polkovnik (Colonel)
Unit: Komandir 212 shturmovoi aviatsionnoi divizii (Commander 212th Assault Aviation Division)
Awarded on: November 23rd, 1942
 
     
ORDEN SUVOROVA 2
Rank: General-mayor aviatsii (Major-General of Aviation)
Unit: Komandir 4 shturmovogo aviatsionnogo korpus (Commander 4th Assault Aviation Corps)
Awarded on: January 10th, 1944
 
     
ORDEN SUVOROVA 2
Rank: General-mayor aviatsii (Major-General of Aviation)
Unit: Komandir 4 shturmovogo aviatsionnogo korpus (Commander 4th Assault Aviation Corps)
Awarded on: July 23rd, 1944
 
     
ORDEN KRASNOI ZVEZDY
Rank: General-leitenant aviatsii (Lieutenant-General of Aviation)
Unit: Komandir 4 shturmovogo aviatsionnogo korpus (Commander 4th Assault Aviation Corps)
Awarded on: November 3rd, 1944
Details: For 10 years of service in the Red Army.
 
     
ORDEN KUTUZOVA 2
Rank: General-leitenant aviatsii (Lieutenant-General of Aviation)
Unit: Komandir 4 shturmovogo aviatsionnogo korpus (Commander 4th Assault Aviation Corps)
Awarded on: April 10th, 1945
 
     
ORDEN KUTUZOVA 1
Rank: General-leitenant aviatsii (Lieutenant-General of Aviation)
Unit: Komandir 4 shturmovogo aviatsionnogo korpus (Commander 4th Assault Aviation Corps)
Awarded on: May 29th, 1945
 
     
ORDEN OTECHESTVENNOI VOINY 1
Rank: General-polkovnik aviatsii (Colonel-General of Aviation)
Unit: Nauchnyi konsultant glavnokomanduyushchego Voiskami PVO strany (Chief Consultant to the Supreme Commander of the National Air Defense Troops)
Awarded on: March 11th, 1985
Details: Jubilee issue.
 
 
 
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