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Gastello Street

Gastello Street is called in honor of the Soviet military pilot, the Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolay Frantsevich Gastello. On the street the School of arts and the Aquapark are located. Near the Aquapark there is a memorable stone.

Gastello Nikolay Frantsevich

The rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union to Nikolay Frantsevich Gastello is given posthumously on July 26, 1941 for a land ram.

Nikolay Frantsevich Gastello captain, commander of the 2nd aviation squadron of the 42nd dalnebombardirovochny aviation division. Was born on May 6, 1908 in Moscow in the worker's family. Belarusian. Worked as the mechanic at the Murom engine-building plant and the State mechanical plant of construction cars. In mat 1932 on a special set it was called in ranks of RKKA. In 1933 graduated from the Luhansk military aviation school of pilots. Served in bombing aviation crew in Rostov-on-Don. Was at war on Halkhin-Gola as a part of the 150th high-speed bombing aviation regiment. Participant Soviet finlyadskoy wars of 1939-1940. In May, 1941 the captain Gastello is appointed the commander of the 4th squadron of the 207th dalnebombardirovochny aviation regiment (the 42nd dalnebombardirovochny aviation division, the 3rd bombing aviation case, DBA).

The participant of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. The first fighting departure made on June 22, 1941 at 5:00. In the first days of war the regiment suffered heavy losses. The remained pilots and planes were brought together on June 24 in two squadrons. The captain Gastello became the commander of the 2nd squadron.

The rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union to Nikolay Frantsevich Gastello is given posthumously on July 26, 1941 for a land ram (which, actually, he also did not make).

On June 26, 1941 in the second half of day Gastello took off at the head of DB-3F link for striking a blow on the German troops around Molodechno - Radoshkovichi attacking Minsk. Destructive cover was not. Our pilots found the German column moving on the highway. Having decreased to 400 m, they dropped bombs on tanks and cars of a pritivnik. After an exit from Gastello's attack ordered to the conducted lieutenants Vorobyov and Rybas to come back to airfield, and itself went to other road, country. On it there was a column too. Having decreased to extremely small height, it passed along it. Shooters Kalinin and Skorobogaty, firing from machine guns, put out of action of 12 cars (including automobile and the staff bus). The German antiaircraft guns opened fire at the plane. From hit of an antiaircraft shell of DB-3F lit up. Gastello turned on the territory. The fire ran high more and stronger. It was not possible to bring down a flame sliding. Gastello understood that to fall short of the, and decided to direct the burning plane to the German military unit which was located in the village of Motski. It developed the plane over the wood, but of the village fell short - the plane fell on the fringe of the forest. Together with Gastello crew members died: the navigator lieutenant A. A. Burdenyuk, the shooter radio operator staff sergeant A. A. Kalinin and the shooter lieutenant G. N. Skorobogaty (the pilot of the same regiment, it thrust in a fighting departure instead of the regular shooter). All of them are awarded posthumously the order Patriotic war of 1 degree.
Explosion was seen conducted when flew up to Radoshkovicham (quite large settlement plotted) and in the report tied to it fight. Long time was considered that the crew of the captain Gastello died, making a ram of an enemy column on Molodechno Highway - Radoshkovichi. On this place even the monument was established to it. Many years later after war it became clear that there other crew of the 207th died - the commander of 1 squadron of the captain A. S. Maslov (in 1996 all crew members are awarded ranks of the Hero of Russia).

Order of the Minister of Defence of the USSR captain Gastello N. F. it is forever enlisted in lists of one of aviation regiments. Monuments to the Hero are established in Moscow, Minsk, in the settlement of city type of Radoshkovichi of Molodechnensky district of the Minsk region and in the territory of Voroshilovgrad highest military aviation college of navigators. On the building of the Moscow school No. 270 at which he studied the memorial board is established. His name were called collective farms, state farms, factories, plants, streets, pioneer teams, mine No. 30 in the city of Kizel of the Perm region, the motor ship.

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1. 3D Round down the street

The following photos will help to make idea of the street:

Houses on Gastello St.  

Houses on Gastello St.  

Houses on Gastello St.  

Houses on Gastello St.

Houses on Gastello St.

Aquapark

Aquapark

Memorable stone

Aquapark

School of arts

Arrangement on the card




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