10 Facts About Yevgeny Savitsky

Yevgeny Savitsky was born on 7 January 1911 in Novorossiysk, and was drafted into the Red Army in November 1929.

Yevgeny Savitsky was sent to the Red Army Air Force 7th Military School for Pilots in Stalingrad, graduating in May 1932, after which he remained at the school as an instructor pilot and acting flight commander.

Yevgeny Savitsky's squadron flew to Krasnoyarsk in February 1935, where he became a detachment commander.

Yevgeny Savitsky transferred to the 32nd Assault Aviation Squadron of the VVS Siberian Military District a year later, serving in the same position.

Yevgeny Savitsky was then transferred to command the 205th Fighter Aviation Division on the Voronezh Front on 5 May 1942, leading it during the Battle of Voronezh as part of the 2nd Air Army.

Yevgeny Savitsky was credited with flying 216 sorties with 22 individual and 2 shared victories.

Postwar, Yevgeny Savitsky continued to command the corps until October 1947, when he was made head of the Directorate of Fighter Aviation Combat Training, part of the Main Directorate of the Soviet Air Forces.

Yevgeny Savitsky was made commander of the Fighter Aviation of the National Air Defense Forces in August 1948, simultaneously serving as commander of the 19th Fighter Air Army.

Yevgeny Savitsky studied at the aviation faculty of the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy between January 1954 and November 1955, after which he resumed his command.

Yevgeny Savitsky was declared an honorary citizen of Novorossiysk, Sevastopol, and Vilnius.