The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General of Aviation Vasilii Nikolaevich Zhdanov

Zhdanov, Vasilii Nikolaevich

Colonel-General of Aviation

* 14th of November 1896

† 10th of November 1956

(Василий Николаевич Жданов)

Promotions

1941-10-29 Major-General of Aviation
1943-10-23 Lieutenant-General of Aviation
1946-03-01 Colonel-General of Aviation

Service

1939-01-XX 1940-04-XX Assistant Commanding Officer 68th Light Bomber Aviation Brigade
1940-04-XX 1941-05-XX Commanding Officer 15th Heavy Bomber Aviation Brigade
1941-05-XX 1941-09-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, 23rd Army
1941-09-XX 1942-10-XX Deputy Commanding Officer Air Forces, Leningrad Front
1942-10-XX 1943-05-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 13th Air Army
1943-05-XX 1944-08-XX Commanding Officer Air Forces, Central Asian Military District
1944-08-02 1946-04-XX Commanding Officer 8th Air Army
1946-04-XX 1953-02-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Air Army
1953-02-XX 1953-07-XX Commanding Officer 43rd Air Army
1953-07-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Ilya Mukhin