Soviet Soviet Cold War Wings

[Guest Rick Research]

Looking extremely rumpled in a M1949 "zoot suit" that appears to be several sizes too big for him-- note dress uniform tabs and field service boards-- Lieutenant Nikolai Petrovich Vyalkov's M1950 navigator/bombardier wings are so reflective that class cannot be determined. Unit 21458, undated:

He's wearing the 1948 armed forces jubilee medal.

[Ulsterman]

Nice! did you identify the "2" one?

[Guest Rick Research]

Reference above is to a Soviet pattern but NON-Soviet wing we saw at the show. Nope. No clues.

I've rescanned those horrible old scans of the military pilot's ID. THESE are better.

[Guest Rick Research]

And the two 3rd Classes compared. I really like that sky blue enamel, and don't know why the nicest looking badges were the lowest class!

[Guest Rick Research]

And the final two pages in the ID certificate:

[Gerd Becker]

Here is a picture of Major of the Airforce Igor Ivanovich Senchenko on a 1968 dated photo. He wears the later type, like it seems with the bigger star, see closeup.

[Guest Rick Research]

And (aside from his typically WRONGLY worn medals-- ?10, 15, 1968, 1965, 1958 ) note---

he is the last living person with

a HITLER mustache!!!!!!!

[Sergey]

I shall put the stone

[Sergey]

Underside

[JensF.]

Here are my wings. I love the design of these two.

Edited June 10, 2007 by JensF.

[JensF.]

Back:

[JensF.]

And the last one:

[Sergey]

Here are my wings. I love the design of these two.

These are signs on the middle of the eightieth years .

[Benas]

Here my pilots..

[Benas]

.. and my navigators...