Hero of the Soviet Union. Because of a severe wound during World War II his both legs were amputated. However, despite the disability, he returned to the sky and flew with dentures. Altogether during the war has made 86 sorties, shot down 11 enemy aircraft, four and seven wounded before - after the injury. After leaving school he specializing in metal in college at the sawmill, and there he began his career. In 1934 Ryan Kamyshinsky Komsomol send to build in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Here, on the job, he engaged in the flying club. In August 1941, is aimed at the South-Western Front. The first sortie Maresyev held 23 August 1941 in Krivoy Rog. In March 1942, he was transferred to the North-Western Front. By this point in the account of the number 4 pilot shot down German aircraft. On April 1942 in the so-called "Boiler Demyansk" (Novgorod region) during the operation to cover for bombers in battle with the Germans, his plane was shot down, and the Alex wounded. In early May near the village landed plane piloted by A.N. Dehtyarenko and Maresyev was sent to Moscow, to the hospital. Doctors had to amputate both his legs in the leg due to gangrene. The impetus for the return Maresyev system could serve as a story of a Russian pilot of World War Prokofiev-Seversky, who lost his right leg, but despite this, he returned to heaven Still in the hospital Alexei Maresyev started training, preparing for the possibility to fly with a prosthetic. Training continued in the sanatorium, where he was sent in September 1942.
Hero of the Soviet Union. Because of a severe wound during World War II his both legs were amputated. However, despite the disability, he returned to the sky and flew with dentures. Altogether during the war has made 86 sorties, shot down 11 enemy aircraft, four and seven wounded before - after the injury. After leaving school he specializing in metal in college at the sawmill, and there he began his career. In 1934 Ryan Kamyshinsky Komsomol send to build in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Here, on the job, he engaged in the flying club. In August 1941, is aimed at the South-Western Front. The first sortie Maresyev held 23 August 1941 in Krivoy Rog. In March 1942, he was transferred to the North-Western Front. By this point in the account of the number 4 pilot shot down German aircraft. On April 1942 in the so-called "Boiler Demyansk" (Novgorod region) during the operation to cover for bombers in battle with the Germans, his plane was shot down, and the Alex wounded. In early May near the village landed plane piloted by A.N. Dehtyarenko and Maresyev was sent to Moscow, to the hospital. Doctors had to amputate both his legs in the leg due to gangrene. The impetus for the return Maresyev system could serve as a story of a Russian pilot of World War Prokofiev-Seversky, who lost his right leg, but despite this, he returned to heaven Still in the hospital Alexei Maresyev started training, preparing for the possibility to fly with a prosthetic. Training continued in the sanatorium, where he was sent in September 1942.
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