Prikaz

236th “Lvov” Fighter Aviation Division

26th September, 1944

No. 26/N

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valour and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

Order “Red Star”

3. Senior Sergeant GAVRISH, Orest Kuzmich, Mechanic Radio Devices and Oxygen Equipment, 611th Fighter Regiment.

Commander 236th “Lvov” Fighter Aviation Division
Colonel Kudryashov

Chief of Staff 236th “Lvov” Fighter Aviation Division
Lieutenant-Colonel Vengerov

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Gavrish, Orest Kuzmich
2. Rank: Senior Sergeant
3. Duty position: Air Device and Oxygen Equipment Mechanic – 611th “Przemysl” Fighter Aviation Regiment, 236th Fighter Aviation Division
Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1922
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: Comsomol member since 1939
7. Previous combat: since 15.12.42 on the 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment and 236th Fighter Aviation Division on the Transcaucasus, Northern Caucasus, Southern, 4th, 3rd, 1st, & 3rd Ukrainian Fronts
8. Wounds or shell-shock: 26.9.44 while bombing an enemy aviation airfield he received a random shrapnel wound of soft tissue in the right buttocks and thigh
9. In Armed Forces: since 1940
10. Inducted by: Losinskiii Regional Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: Combat Service Medal as of Order 07/N dated 25.9.43
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

Senior Sergeant Gavrish was awarded the “For Combat Service” Medal by Order 07/N of the 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment dated 25.9.44 for trouble-free servicing of 895 combat sorties of the I-153 aircraft.

After his first awarding Senior Sergeant Gavrish serviced 1770 combat sorties with failproof operation of aviation devices on Yak-1 and Yak-9 aircraft.

During this period, he made the following repair of aviation devices: 20 three-dial indicators, five water aero-thermometers, nine air mono-meters - all repairs of which were conducted quickly without damage under combat conditions.

Working as an aerial device mechanic he has worked well. He knows the Yak-1 and Yak-9 aviation device materiel ward excellent and employs it very capably. During his combat work, there has not been a single occasion of an inability of aircraft to take off due to aviation device malfunction, as well as no malfunction of oxygen devices in the air.

The aviation device supply section is always kept up to order and ready for combat sorties. Testing and analysis of devices in aircraft is conduct in a timely manner with discovered defects being resolved quickly.

On 12.5.44 he saved an aircraft when a fuel monitoring pipe burst and fuel began spurting out. In ten minutes Comrade Gavrish fixed the defect and the aircraft continued its combat mission in a timely manner.

For excellent training of the supply section for combat sorties he has received fifteen commendations from the regimental commander and twice received monetary awards from the squadron.

Conclusion: For excellent support of 1770 combat sorties with fail-proof work with aviation devices and for well-made repair he is deserving of a second State award, the Order of the Red Star.

Signed 1st Squadron Commander, Captain Volkov dated 22nd September, 1944

Endorsed Commander, 611th “Przemysl” Fighter Aviation Regiment, Major Isaenko on 22nd September, 1944

Awarded the Order 21/N of the Red Star by 236th Lvov Fighter Aviation Regiment dated 26th September, 1944. Signed Division Chief of Personnel Captain Andreev on 26.9.44.

YAK-1

YAK-9

Order of the Red Star #789903

Unit Award Order

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611th Fighter Aviation Regiment 236th Fighter Aviation Division Order 07/N dated 25th September, 1943

Active Duty
8th Air Army
Southern Front

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the Combat Service Medal to:

4. Device and Oxygen Equipment Mechanic Senior Sergeant Orest Kuzmich Gavrish, who during his time on the front of the Patriotic War since 15.12.42 has not permitted a single device failure due to his fault, has verified the squadron’s aircraft devices in a timely manner, and either repaired them or kept them in excellent shape. During his combat service 1.1.43-30.8.43 he serviced more than 1058 combat sorties without a single malfunction of materiel equipment due to his fault. During this time, more than 136 damaged items were repaired and device malfunctions were rapidly corrected.

During the period of rearming the unit with new Yak-1 equipment Senior Sergeant Gavrish in a short period of ten days well learned the devices and their makeup, capably employed them, and repaired all device shortcomings. For his excellent work, he repeatedly earned commendations from the squadron commander.

Born 1922, Russian, office worker, Comsomol member since 1939. Inducted into the RKKA by the Chernigov RMC. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Signed Commander, 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Chugunov

Three copies
1- personnel file
2- addressees

Combat Service Medal #887962

Document for the Medal Capture of Budapest and archival documents dated November 1st, 1945 by the Commander of the 288th Fighter “Pavlogradskaya-Vienna” Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division, Major-General & Hero of the Soviet Union (#193), Boris Aleksandrovich Smirnov, Serial #A047906

Document for the Medal Liberation of Belgrade dated November 6th, 1945 by the Commander of the 288th Fighter “Pavlogradskaya-Vienna” Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division, Major-General & Hero of the Soviet Union (#193), Boris Aleksandrovich Smirnov, Serial #A011525

Document for the Medal Capture of Vienna dated January 31st, 1946 by the Commander of the 611th Fighter Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Isaenko, Serial #A012198

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