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219th Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the Transcaucasian Front
926th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Valentin Allahyarovich Emirov(December 4, 1914 - September 10, 1942) - captain of the Red Army, commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 219th Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the Transcaucasian Front, Hero of the Soviet Union (1942).
Biography
Studied at an aviation technical school. Graduated from the Taganrog Aeroclub. In 1935 he was drafted into the Red Army. In 1939 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School. In 1939-1940 he took part in the Soviet-Finnish war. In 1940 he became a member of the CPSU(b).
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He commanded a squadron in the 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment. During one of the attack missions, an anti-aircraft shell exploded in the cockpit of his plane. Despite being seriously wounded, Emirov brought the plane to his airfield. After recovery, Captain Emirov returned to duty and in July 1942 was appointed commander of the emerging 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
During the hostilities (by September 1942), he made 170 combat missions and personally shot down 7 enemy aircraft in air battles. On September 10, 1942, accompanying bombers in the area of the city of Mozdok, paired with another fighter, he entered into battle with 6 enemy fighters, shot down one of them, but was also shot down; therefore, being unable to continue the battle, at the cost of his life, he rammed another enemy plane with his burning plane.
Awards
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated December 13, 1942, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the heroism and courage displayed, Captain Valentin Allahyarovich Emirov was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Memory
“I remember 1942. Field Marshal Kleist's troops captured some of the heights of the Caucasus. Aircraft bombed the oil fields of Grozny. The smoke of the fires was visible from our Dagestan heights.
In those days, representatives of the youth of all Caucasian peoples gathered in Grozny. I was also part of the Dagestan delegation. Lezghin, famous pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Valentin Emirov spoke at the rally. I will not forget either his speech from the podium, or his short conversation that we had with him after the rally. As he left, he said, pointing to the sky with his eyes:
I'm in a hurry to get there. I am more needed there than on earth.
Two weeks later the news of his death came. The glorious son of Dagestan died and burned. But every time I see an eagle flying overhead, screaming, I believe that it has the seething heart of Valentine.”
Sources
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov. - M.: Military Publishing House, 1988. - T. 2 /Lyubov - Yashchuk/. - 863 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2.
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An excerpt characterizing the Emirs, Valentin Allahyarovich
“Look, Natasha, how terribly it burns,” said Sonya.– What’s burning? – Natasha asked. - Oh, yes, Moscow.
And as if in order not to offend Sonya by refusing and to get rid of her, she moved her head to the window, looked so that, obviously, she could not see anything, and again sat down in her previous position.
-Have you not seen it?
“No, really, I saw it,” she said in a voice pleading for calm.
Both the Countess and Sonya understood that Moscow, the fire of Moscow, whatever it was, of course, could not matter to Natasha.
The Count again went behind the partition and lay down. The Countess approached Natasha, touched her head with her inverted hand, as she did when her daughter was sick, then touched her forehead with her lips, as if to find out if there was a fever, and kissed her.
-You're cold. You're shaking all over. You should go to bed,” she said.
- Go to bed? Yes, okay, I'll go to bed. “I’ll go to bed now,” Natasha said.
Since Natasha was told this morning that Prince Andrei was seriously wounded and was going with them, only in the first minute she asked a lot about where? How? Is he dangerously injured? and is she allowed to see him? But after she was told that she could not see him, that he was seriously wounded, but that his life was not in danger, she, obviously, did not believe what she was told, but was convinced that no matter how much she said, she would be answer the same thing, stopped asking and talking. All the way, with big eyes, which the countess knew so well and whose expression the countess was so afraid of, Natasha sat motionless in the corner of the carriage and now sat in the same way on the bench on which she sat down. She was thinking about something, something she was deciding or had already decided in her mind now - the countess knew this, but what it was, she did not know, and this frightened and tormented her.
- Natasha, undress, my dear, lie down on my bed. (Only the countess alone had a bed made on the bed; m me Schoss and both young ladies had to sleep on the floor on the hay.)
“No, mom, I’ll lie here on the floor,” Natasha said angrily, went to the window and opened it. The adjutant’s groan from the open window was heard more clearly. She stuck her head out into the damp air of the night, and the countess saw how her thin shoulders were shaking with sobs and beating against the frame. Natasha knew that it was not Prince Andrei who was moaning. She knew that Prince Andrei was lying in the same connection where they were, in another hut across the hallway; but this terrible incessant groan made her sob. The Countess exchanged glances with Sonya.
“Lie down, my dear, lie down, my friend,” said the countess, lightly touching Natasha’s shoulder with her hand. - Well, go to bed.
“Oh, yes... I’ll go to bed now,” said Natasha, hastily undressing and tearing off the strings of her skirts. Having taken off her dress and put on a jacket, she tucked her legs in, sat down on the bed prepared on the floor and, throwing her short thin braid over her shoulder, began to braid it. Thin, long, familiar fingers quickly, deftly took apart, braided, and tied the braid. Natasha's head turned with a habitual gesture, first in one direction, then in the other, but her eyes, feverishly open, looked straight and motionless. When the night suit was finished, Natasha quietly sank down onto the sheet laid on the hay on the edge of the door.
“Natasha, lie down in the middle,” said Sonya.
“No, I’m here,” Natasha said. “Go to bed,” she added with annoyance. And she buried her face in the pillow.
The Countess, m me Schoss and Sonya hastily undressed and lay down. One lamp remained in the room. But in the yard it was getting brighter from the fire of Malye Mytishchi, two miles away, and the drunken cries of the people were buzzing in the tavern, which Mamon’s Cossacks had smashed, on the crossroads, on the street, and the incessant groan of the adjutant was heard.
Natasha listened for a long time to the internal and external sounds coming to her, and did not move. She heard first the prayer and sighs of her mother, the cracking of her bed under her, the familiar whistling snoring of m me Schoss, the quiet breathing of Sonya. Then the Countess called out to Natasha. Natasha did not answer her.
“He seems to be sleeping, mom,” Sonya answered quietly. The Countess, after being silent for a while, called out again, but no one answered her.
Soon after this, Natasha heard her mother's even breathing. Natasha did not move, despite the fact that her small bare foot, having escaped from under the blanket, was chilly on the bare floor.
As if celebrating victory over everyone, a cricket screamed in the crack. The rooster crowed far away, and loved ones responded. The screams died down in the tavern, only the same adjutant’s stand could be heard. Natasha stood up.
- Sonya? are you sleeping? Mother? – she whispered. No one answered. Natasha slowly and carefully stood up, crossed herself and stepped carefully with her narrow and flexible bare foot onto the dirty, cold floor. The floorboard creaked. She, quickly moving her feet, ran a few steps like a kitten and grabbed the cold door bracket.
It seemed to her that something heavy, striking evenly, was knocking on all the walls of the hut: it was her heart, frozen with fear, with horror and love, beating, bursting.
She opened the door, crossed the threshold and stepped onto the damp, cold ground of the hallway. The gripping cold refreshed her. She felt the sleeping man with her bare foot, stepped over him and opened the door to the hut where Prince Andrei lay. It was dark in this hut. In the back corner of the bed, on which something was lying, there was a tallow candle on a bench that had burned out like a large mushroom.
E Mirov Valentin Allahyarovich - commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 219th Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army of the Transcaucasian Front, captain.
Born on December 17 (31), 1914 in the village of Akhty, Samur district, Dagestan region, now Akhtyn district of the Republic of Dagestan, in a working-class family. Lezgin. Graduated from primary school. He began his working career working with his father in the fisheries. In 1933, she graduated from the workers' faculty in the city of Makhachkala, then taught two courses at the Taganrog Aviation College. At the same time, he studied at the flying club.
In the Red Army since 1935, he was drafted by the Rostov Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). In 1938 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School. She began her service in the 68th Fighter Wing. As part of the regiment, flying I-16 fighters, he participated in the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40, and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Member of the CPSU(b) since 1940.
After the end of hostilities, in April 1940, the regiment was redeployed to the Transcaucasian Military District. Here I met the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Since November 1941, he carried out combat work, carried out combat duty in the skies of the city of Orzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz).
In January 1942, he was a squadron commander in the 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment and took part in battles in the Crimea. Over three months of fighting, he made 25 combat missions, 8 of which were attack missions. In air battles he shot down 2 enemy aircraft. The squadron under his command flew 325 sorties, losing only 3 aircraft. For combat work, Senior Lieutenant Emirov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In March he was wounded in the left arm and went to the hospital.
After recovery in June 1942, Captain Emirov was appointed commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment being formed in the city of Yevlakh (Azerbaijan). In July, the regiment received new LaGG-3 fighters and left for the front; in August it began combat work on the Transcaucasian Front.
By September 1942, the regiment's pilots had flown 776 sorties to escort bombers and 8 for reconnaissance. In 23 group and 95 air battles, 43 fighters were shot down. The regiment commander personally carried out 30 sorties, carried out 20 air battles, and chalked up 5 downed aircraft.
On September 10, 1942, while escorting bombers near the city of Mozdok, the pair entered into battle with 6 enemy fighters. In the first attack he shot down an Me-109, but was set on fire. On a burning plane, he made a U-turn and set fire to the second enemy fighter. Then he was able to knock out the flames from his plane, but since the combat vehicle lost control, he used a parachute. But due to the low altitude, the parachute did not open and the pilot crashed.
In total, by this time Captain Emirov had 170 combat missions and 7 downed enemy aircraft. On October 2, the command nominated him for the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
U Kaz of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 13, 1942 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the heroism and courage shown to the captain Emirov Valentin Allahiyarovich posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
He was buried at the place of death. In August 1950, the remains of the pilot were reburied in the capital of Dagestan, the city of Makhachkala.
Awarded the Order of Lenin (12/13/1942), two Orders of the Red Banner (...; 04/28/1942).
Streets in the cities of Makhachkala, Derbent, Izberbash and the village of Belidzhi are named after the Hero. In the city of Makhachkala, a memorial plaque was installed on the school building. A ship of the USSR Ministry of Fisheries (1965-1984) bore his name. Busts of V.A. were installed in Akhty’s native village. Emirova at the memorial to fellow countrymen and at the school, the school is named after him.
Valentin Emirov was born on December 17, 1914 in the village of Akhty, now the Akhtyn region of the Republic of Dagestan, into a working-class family. Studied at an aviation technical school. Graduated from the Taganrog Aero Club. Since 1935 in the ranks of the Red Army. In 1939 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School of Pilots. Participant of the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939 - 1940.
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. As part of the 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment, he fought on the North Caucasus Front.
By September 1942, the commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment (219th Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, Transcaucasian Front), Captain V.A. Emirov, flew 170 combat missions and personally shot down 7 enemy aircraft in air battles.
On September 10, 1942, while escorting bombers near the city of Mozdok, the pair entered into battle with 6 enemy fighters. He shot down one of them, then rammed the second one with his burning plane and died. On December 13, 1942, for the courage and bravery shown in battles with enemies, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Lenin and the Red Banner (twice).
After the war, the remains of the pilot were reburied in the capital of Dagestan, Makhachkala. One of the streets of the city and a ship of the Sea River Fleet are named after V. A. Emirov. A bust of the Hero was erected in his native village.
On August 30, 1942, the enemy, under the cover of fighter aircraft, began to cross the Terek. At the same time, the enemy landed troops from Mozdok in the Premostny and Kizlyar areas. Due to the dense fog hanging in the Terek valley, our aviation was unable to interact with ground troops. Going on the offensive, the enemy came close to the foot of the Terek ridge. A serious danger has arisen for Grozny and Vladikavkaz (Ordzhonikidze).
All the forces of the 4th Air Army were sent to liquidate the breakthrough in the area of the village of Voznesenskaya. Attack aircraft and fighters took off 4-5 times a day. Thanks to the courage of the infantrymen, artillerymen and pilots, the enemy was pushed back to their original positions.
Best of the day
On September 10, the enemy launched up to 100 tanks into an attack on Voznesenskaya, but was unsuccessful. Only the bombs of our aviators, who made 327 sorties, burned 17 enemy tanks. The military council highly cordoned off the combat operations of the air fighters.
Active combat operations by aviation during this period, excluding non-flying days, played a certain role in thwarting the plans of the enemy, who was trying to break through the defenses of our troops with a strike from the area south of Mozdok in the direction of Voznesenskaya and reach the Alkhan-Churt valley, which was the gateway to Grozny and Vladikavkaz. The effectiveness of the pilots' work was achieved by the fact that they carried out assault and bombing strikes from low altitudes against concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment, skillfully used the mountainous terrain, and most importantly - everyone, as one, understood the current situation: it was no longer possible to retreat, the enemies must be stopped at Terek border at any cost.
This idea was expressed with utmost precision and frankness on behalf of the front aviators by Captain V. A. Emirov. At an anti-fascist rally of North Caucasian youth, held at the end of August in Vladikavkaz, he said:
The wild Terek will not flow backwards, the evil cloud will not extinguish the sun, the mountaineers will not be Hitler's slaves. We will win! The guarantee of our victory is in the unity of the fraternal peoples of our multinational Motherland, in the friendship of the soldiers of the country of socialism, in the wise leadership of the great party of Lenin, in the heroism and dedication of communists and Komsomol members.
Emirov was lovingly called the “air horseman.” He fought the enemy like a horseman in his last battle. On September 10, 1942, at the head of a group of fighters, the Captain flew out to escort the bombers. In the Mozdok area, our pilots met 6 Me-109 fighters. Having ordered his subordinates to continue carrying out the combat mission, Emirov fearlessly entered into battle with enemy aircraft. According to the testimony of one of the ground commanders who observed the unequal duel, Captain Emirov fought like a lion. He shot down 2 German fighters, but he himself died a hero’s death. He was buried with honors on a mound near the Achalukskaya MTS, in the Balashevo region. In December, the brave falcon was posthumously awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
/ We remember our Heroes. Air horseman Valentin Emirov
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Let's remember our Heroes. Air horseman Valentin Emirov
December 13, 1942, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the heroism and courage shown to the captain Emirov Valentin Allahiyarovich posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
From Rasul Gamzatov’s book “My Dagestan”:
“I remember 1942. Field Marshal Kleist's troops captured some of the heights of the Caucasus. Aircraft bombed the oil fields of Grozny. The smoke of the fires was visible from our Dagestan heights.
In those days, representatives of the youth of all Caucasian peoples gathered in Grozny. I was also part of the Dagestan delegation. A Lezgin and famous pilot Valentin Emirov spoke at the rally. I will not forget either his speech from the podium, or his short conversation that we had with him after the rally. As he left, he said, pointing to the sky with his eyes:
- I'm in a hurry to get there. I am more needed there than on earth.
Two weeks later the news of his death came. The glorious son of Dagestan died and burned. But every time I see an eagle flying overhead, screaming, I believe that it contains the seething heart of Valentine.”
The brave ace pilot Valentin Emirov was lovingly called “an air horseman” by his fellow soldiers. The young man from the Dagestan village of Akhty began his journey as an aviator in Taganrog, where he graduated from the flying club.
Completed the Finnish campaign. He met the Great Patriotic War with the rank of captain. Defended the Caucasus. During his short life, V. Emirov made 180 combat missions, conducted more than 20 air battles, in which he shot down 9 enemy aircraft. Awarded the Order of Lenin and two Orders of the Red Banner.
On September 10, 1942, accompanying bombers in the area of the city of Mozdok, paired with another fighter, he entered into battle with 6 enemy fighters, shot down one of them, but was also shot down. Unable to continue the fight, at the cost of his life, he rammed another enemy plane with his burning plane.
The infantrymen buried him with honors on a mound near the Achalukskaya MTS, in the Balashevo region.
After the war, the remains of the fighter pilot were reburied in the capital of Dagestan, the city of Makhachkala.
One of the streets in the city of Makhachkala is named after Valentin Allahyarovich. A ship of the Ministry of River Fleet is named after the Hero. A bust of V.A. was erected in his native village. Emirova.
To the 70th anniversary of the Victory about our fellow countryman - the hero of the Great Patriotic War
To commemorate the approaching 70th anniversary of the Great Victory, FLNKA continues to publish a series of articles about our fellow countrymen who dedicated themselves to the fight against fascism and the salvation of the Motherland. One of our brightest heroes is Valentin Emirov.
He can rightfully be called one of the most recognizable Dagestanis - participants in the Great Patriotic War. Streets in cities and villages of the republic are named in his honor. More than one generation of mountaineers has grown up following the example of the exploits of the hero-pilot.
He was born in the ancient village of Akhty in the very south of Dagestan on December 17, 1914. From the age of 14 he worked as a mechanic at a factory, combining work with study at the Makhachkala flying club. Probably, his love for the sky appeared during walks in the surrounding mountains. Looking down from these giants, it is impossible not to want to fly through a mind-blowing abyss filled with air.
One way or another, he clearly chose the path along which he wanted to move forward. The milestones of his biography clearly demonstrate this. Young Valentin studied at an aviation technical school and graduated from the Taganrog Aero Club. He joined the Red Army back in 1935. In 1939, he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School of Pilots, where he was sent on a ticket from the district committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks.
The image of Valentin Emirov is inextricably linked with the Great Patriotic War. However, he began his fighting career a little earlier. During the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940, he fought as part of the 68th Fighter Aviation Regiment and flew the I-16 fighter.
In air battles of this war, he shot down 2 enemy aircraft (1 personally and 1 in a group). On February 25, 1940, in his I-16, he fought over Lake Muolanjärvi, supporting ground units advancing on the Mannerheim Line. For this he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. But the main events of his life, thanks to which he gained popular popularity and love, occurred two years later.
Before the Great Patriotic War, Valentin enjoyed a peaceful life, in the story about him Many details are mentioned that vividly describe his life, dreams and thoughts.
Our hero took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War from January 15, 1942 with the rank of senior lieutenant. Just four days later, on January 19, he takes part in an air battle with the enemy over the village of Vladislavovka in Crimea, during which he shoots down an enemy Junkers-88 in his I-16.
Until March 1942, he commanded a squadron as part of the 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment (135th Fighter Aviation Division, Crimean Front Air Force), flying the I-16, which was well known to him.
Our hero had incredible self-control and fortitude. One example is indicative: during the battles over the Crimea, Emirov’s squadron received an order to suppress enemy artillery points.
I-16
“Having broken through the dense fire curtain of the Germans unharmed, the Emir’s nine unleashed a crushing blow on enemy firing positions. The artillery fell silent, fascist tanks were on fire, fuel tanks exploded. And Emirov’s squadron, making sharp turns, attacked the enemies again and again.
At the height of the battle, the German anti-aircraft batteries began to fire. Going up into the next turn, Emirov’s car suddenly shuddered sharply, and at the same instant the pilot bit his lip until it bled from the unbearable pain that pierced his whole body. The acrid, choking smoke that filled the cabin stung my eyes. There was nothing to breathe, and it seemed that now it was the end. But this was not the first time that the brave warrior looked into the eyes of death. Having leveled the plane with great difficulty, he checked the course and, landing 15 minutes later at his airfield, immediately lost consciousness.
The surgeon found 17 wounds in Emirov’s body. Many of them were serious, and, according to the doctors, the condition of the squadron commander left almost no hope for a successful outcome. For about 3 weeks, the doctors did not leave his bed, and Vladimir Emirov’s heroic body, his desire to survive at all costs in order to continue beating the enemy, defeated death.
After recovery, the pilot returned to duty. In July 1942, military friends congratulated yesterday’s commander on his appointment to the post of commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment.” - written in
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In the summer of 1942, in July, he was appointed commander of the 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 219th Bomber Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army, which belonged to the Transcaucasian Front, which was already armed with the latest LaGG-3 fighters, which he later flew. .
At the end of August, Emirov achieves three more victories in air battles, during which he shoots down two main German Messerschmitt-109 fighters. The battles took place over the skies of Chechnya, North Ossetia, Stavropol Territory and other regions of the North Caucasus.
Unfortunately, the hero’s glorious battle path was soon cut short. Already on September 10, 1942, Major Emirov, escorting bombers near the city of Mozdok, paired with a wingman, entered into battle with six German fighters.
Emirov and his partner Kazakov entered into an unequal battle with them. The latter managed to shoot down an enemy fighter, but was also shot down, after which Valentin was left alone. One of the enemy fighters managed to set his LaGG-3 on fire.
LaGG-3
On a burning plane, he finished off a Messerschmitt that had been shot down by his wingman, and then shot down the second one. When his ammunition ran out, he rammed the third enemy aircraft, and then the rest turned back. Trying to save his burning LaGG-3, he used his parachute late. The hero's life was cut short.
The soldiers buried the body of their comrade on a mound near the Achalukskaya MTS in Ingushetia, but after the war the remains of the pilot were reburied in the capital of Dagestan, Makhachkala. Valentin Emirov made about 180 combat missions, conducted more than 20 air battles, in which he shot down 7 enemy aircraft (5 personally and 2 in a group).
The hero's feat was noticed at the very top of the echelons of power. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 13, 1942, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. A bust was erected to him in his native village.
The feat of our fellow countryman Valentin Emirov will always remain in our hearts!
Magomed Abdullaev
FLNKA correspondent corps
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