Vyacheslav Simonov - Remember this! Don’t let it sink into oblivion! Second edition. The life and death of the Pioneer Base «Oceanrybflot»

Here his son Lev Shevtsov graduated from 7th grade. The Great Patriotic War began. Growing up in an aviation family, the young man did not think of himself outside of aviation.

“There was a Great Patriotic War, We – Komsomols, guys and girls rushed to the front – continued his story Lev Dmitrievich.

– In 1942, after the end of the seven-year period, the military enlistment office sent me to the city of Omsk to the military-aviation school of pilots. During the passage of the military-medical commission, the doctors “cut” me. Their sentence was harsh: “not fit for flight service.” I was recognized as short-sighted.

Returning from Omsk, after a unsuccessful admission to flight school, Leo graduated from another class of school, and did not back down from the decision to become an aviator. In 1943 he entered the VMATU. The brutal war required accelerated releases.

On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War began to receive land-lease aviation equipment from the Allies. In the combat units, the technical staff was not familiar with foreign equipment and had difficulty with its operation. Therefore, in the VMATU during this period cadets studied modern equipment not only domestic, but also foreign aircraft. The student Lev Shevtsov with great desire and perseverance mastered everything that the teachers of the school taught. In 1944, Lev Shevtsov graduated from the accelerated course of the school and graduated as a sergeant – a mechanic in radio equipment, receiving an appointment in the 1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment of the Air Force KBF, based at that time in Panevezes. The newcomer was assigned to the second aviation squadron, which was commanded by Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Shishkov. The mentor of the young specialist was an experienced, experienced warrior Petty Officer Sharpay.

The frontline weekdays began – the hardest daily combat work. After combat sorties, the planes returned to the base riddled with bullets and shells, literally torn. Technicians and mechanics made every effort to repair damaged machines. They always came to the service first, even before dawn, and always left the airfield last. Worked for days without sleep and rest. At night, by the light of the carriers and flashlights, the holes were patched, repaired and changed equipment.

In addition, it was necessary to disperse and mask the planes from the enemy’s air attacks every time. Sometimes, to mislead the enemy, at a distance from the runway and parking lot, the technical staff exhibited non-repairable and decommissioned aircraft, simulating an abandoned airfield. Lev Dmitrievich remembers well how on the eve of the 27th anniversary of October – November 5, 1944, he took a guard oath in a solemn atmosphere before the regiment.

Sergeant Shevtsov, always carefully prepared for the flight radio equipment with squadron aircraft, and it worked smoothly. The flight crew always trusted his golden hands, knowledge of technology and was pleased with the work of radio equipment in the air. One day, when “Boston” returned, where Lieutenant Colonel Borzov was on a combat mission, it was felt that the commander was satisfied with the performance of the combat mission and the work of the material unit. Immediately at the plane, he gave the command to build specialists who prepared the car for the flight. We were built, and the commander thanked everyone with a photograph at the unfolding banner of the part. So I received my first encouragement from the commander of the regiment,” – Lev Dmitrievich said modestly. Photographing at the deployed battle guard banner has always been considered a high and honorable award for fighters.

The Koenigsberg operation was one of the most complex and bloody operations of the Great Patriotic War. Participating in the Koenigsberg operation, the 1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment suffered combat losses from the fighters and anti-aircraft artillery of the Germans. One of the ill-fated airfields for our aviation was the airfield Neukuhren (now Pioneersk), which was carefully disguised. But our reconnaissance planes discovered an insidious classified airfield, and the pilots of the 1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment destroyed it in one of the sorties. For the crushing strikes on the fortress city of Koenigsberg and the destruction of enemy ships and transports in the bases and ports of the Baltic Sea, Supreme Commander Stalin in order, announced the gratitude of the 8 th mine-torpedo aviation division, in composition which included the 1st Guards Air Regiment. Sergeant Lev Shevtsov was awarded medals “For Combat Merit” and “For the capture of Koenigsberg.”

Until 1951, Sergeant Shevtsov served in the 1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment. Here, in Pioneersk, the young guardsman met his fate. Lev Dmitrievich and Vera Ananyegna go through life together, are proud of their daughter and grandchildren, having raised them good, good people.

With the regiment, Lev Shevtsov passed on the front roads of the Baltics and East Prussia, lost many comrades, including at the hands of “forest brothers.” Until 1958 year, he remained in the Navy. He served on the international island of Hiuma, in the Baltic Sea, lived among Estonians, Finns, Swedes. During his time on the island, for distinction in military service and maintaining high combat readiness of the unit, which he commanded, Lev Chevtsov was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

And when the children grew up, and they had to go to school, Shevtsov left military service and returned to the city of Pioneersk. In 1958 he got a job in the base of the ocean fish fleet. Worked and studied. He graduated the maritime school. He was a radio master, restored and repaired many ship radio stations and equipment of fishing ships. For many years, he managed the radio workshop of the base. Lev Dmitrievich worked at the Pioneersk base for 41 years. The city grew and developed before his eyes. Leo Dmitrievich is known by many citizens, because all the years of work, he was associated with fishermen, sailors and aviators. He is a veteran of the 1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment, a veteran of the base, a veteran of the city and the region. Lev Dmitrievich is still energetic and cheerful, participates in the work of the veteran organization of the city, attends public events. The veteran honors the memory of his combat comrades, writes poems about them, speaks to them in front of young people, at the meetings of veterans of the city.

First settlers.

And the great country was finishing off fascism in his lair, began to think about establishing a peaceful life not only throughout the country but also in Neukuhren. In late April and early May 1945, five employees of the Soviet Fish Industry arrived in Koenigsberg to explore the possibility of creating and developing the fishing industry on the Baltic coast. Just two months after the artillery canonade, on the basis of the order of the People’s Commissioner of The Fish Industry of the USSR of June 14, 1945, No. 205, the Baltic State Fisheries Trust was established in Koenigsberg.

In February 1946, the Neukuhren Fish Processing Plant was established in the village of Neukuhren in the Koenigsberg region, subordinate to the Baltic State Fisheries Trust. It was located in the village of Lapinino (now the village of Fish). To get there, you need to climb to the high shore of the sea near the port of Pioneersk and pass in the direction of Svetlogorsk kilometer two.

The Going on fishing in 1946.