Twice hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo. Biography

Born on January 28, 1923 in the city of Izyum, Kharkov region, in a working-class family. Graduated from junior high school. Since 1941 in the Red Army. In 1943 he graduated from the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation Pilot School.

Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Since March 1943, Junior Lieutenant A.K. Nedbaylo has been in the active army. Fought on the Southern, 4th Ukrainian, 3rd Belorussian fronts. He was a pilot, flight commander, squadron commander, and regiment commander. He took part in the battles on the Mius and Dnieper rivers, in the attack and bombing of enemy troops near Orsha, Tolochin, in the Minsk "cauldron", in the Baltic states, East Prussia.

By October 1944, the squadron commander of the 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (1st Guards Assault Aviation Division, 1st Air Army, 3rd Belorussian Front) of the Guard, Captain A.K. Nedbaylo, made 130 sorties, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in manpower and technology.

On April 19, 1945, for courage and military valor shown in battles with enemies, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

In subsequent battles, by April 1945, he made another 89 successful combat missions.

After the war, he was in teaching and management work at military educational institutions of the Air Force. In 1951 he graduated from the Air Force Academy. Since 1983, General - Aviation Major A.K. Nedbaylo has been in reserve. Author of the books “Under the Wings of the Native Land” and “In the Guards Family.”

Awarded the orders: Lenin, Red Banner, Alexander Nevsky, Patriotic War 1st and 2nd degree, Red Star, "For service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" 2nd degree; medals. A bronze bust was installed in the Hero’s homeland.

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In the terrible year of 1941, 18-year-old Komsomol member Anatoly Nedbaylo became a cadet at the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation Pilot School. Studying was carried out according to a shortened wartime program, but the cadets wanted it to be compressed even more in order to get to the front as quickly as possible. The youngest cadet in his training group, Anatoly Nedbailo, was eager to take to the sky and fight.

Finally, the day of graduation came, and then the long-awaited day of the first combat mission. This was in June 1943. Our troops then crushed German troops on the Seversky Donets and the Mius River. Pilot of the 3rd squadron of the 75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment, Anatoly Nedbaylo, took his plane into the sky to carry out his first combat mission.

A group of armored Il-2s, or as they were otherwise called “flying tanks,” among which was the plane of Junior Lieutenant Nedbaylo, headed for the target. They were to strike at the concentration of enemy troops in the area of the Sofinobrodsk railway station. When our planes completed their combat mission and were returning to their airfield, a large group of fascist fighters appeared. A fierce fight ensued. Nedbaylo's baptism of fire turned out to be very difficult; his plane was damaged. A shrapnel pierced the oil cooler and the attack aircraft's engine caught fire. Only great willpower and composure helped Nedbaylo reach the front line and land the burning car at his airfield.

During the debriefing of Junior Lieutenant Nedbailo’s first combat mission, the regiment commander, Major Lyakhovsky, pointed out his tactical error, but at the same time noted the excellent fighting and strong-willed qualities of the young pilot and expressed gratitude to him.

Having experienced the bitterness of defeat, he acquired something without which there cannot be a real air fighter: endurance and perseverance in achieving the goal. And on the same Mius River, he first showed the qualities of an experienced combat pilot.

The attack aircraft were given the task of erecting a smoke screen in the area where they were supposed to cross the river. Its implementation was entrusted to the Il-2 flight, flying without fighter cover. The complexity of the task was obvious: the pilots had to fly near the very enemy positions at an altitude of 20 - 30 meters under fire from all types of weapons.

The group was led by an experienced pilot E. Bikbulatov. His plan was as follows: secretly enter a given area, 15 km from the target, switch to low-level flight, gain a height of 200 meters over the enemy shore “slide” and begin work on installing a smoke screen... The task was completed brilliantly. All pilots of the group, including Anatoly Nedbaylo, were awarded the Order of the Red Star. This was the young pilot's first combat award.

On August 15, 1943, Nedbaylo first flew to attack an enemy airfield in the Kuteinikovo area. Here the enemy concentrated about 80 aircraft. 18 of our Ilovs attacked this airfield. Anatoly acted as the last player in the third six. Having broken through to the enemy airfield, the attack aircraft dived one after another and sprayed enemy aircraft with well-aimed fire.

While moving away from the target, the group was attacked by enemy fighters. Air gunner A. Malyuk courageously repelled their attacks. Despite the fact that the Nedbaylo attack aircraft was seriously damaged, the pilot managed to bring it to his airfield.

Anatoly Nedbaylo carefully looked at the actions of the already experienced pilots. He willingly acted with them in air battles against enemy bombers, flew reconnaissance missions, and sank enemy ships in the Black Sea.

The young pilot quickly got used to it and began to mercilessly destroy the enemy on the ground and... in the sky! One day Nedbaylo flew out on a combat mission as part of a group led by the experienced commander S. Prutkov. Having completed the task, the leader noticed enemy Ju-88 bombers flying in the direction of our troops. Prutkov decided to attack the enemy. In this unusual battle for attack aircraft, our pilots shot down 6 German aircraft. And the next day, Nedbaylo personally shot down a Ju-87 bomber in an air battle, and his gunner shot down another one.

In each combat mission, Nedbaylo tried to choose from numerous and varied combat techniques one that would put the enemy in a difficult position and ensure victory for our pilots.

Nedbaylo learned especially a lot in the battles on the Molochnaya River and for the liberation of Crimea.

The Germans called the defensive line on the Molochnaya River “the eastern gate of Crimea.” In the fall of 1943, fierce fighting broke out here. At that time, Lieutenant A. Nedbaylo was already a senior pilot and acted as the leader of a flight of attack aircraft. I had to answer not only for myself, but also for my followers. On the Molochnaya River, one of the combat flights to attack an enemy tank column almost ended tragically for the pilot.

Carried away by the attack, Nedbaylo did not notice how the car was pierced by a fiery line. The plane began to lose speed and altitude. It became difficult to breathe in the cabin. There were 100 meters left to the ground. “We’ll have to sit down with the Germans,” thought Nedbaylo. “Is it really captivity? No. Better than death!”

With great difficulty he landed the plane. Luckily, there was no one around. After inspecting the engine, the pilot discovered a hole from an armor-piercing shell. The shrapnel damaged the pipe through which water was supplied from the radiator to the left engine block. It was clear that repairs were needed. Nedbaylo decided to apply a bandage to the damaged pipe. He ordered the shooter Anton Malyuk to install a machine gun on the ground and be ready for the arrival of unexpected guests.

The “guests” did not have to wait long. A motorcycle with 3 fascists was rushing to the place of emergency landing. Malyuk fired a long burst from a heavy machine gun. The enemies remained lying a hundred meters away from the downed attack aircraft. By that time the bandage had been applied, and it was possible to take off, but there was no water in the radiator. Guys from a nearby village helped out. They brought 4 buckets of water. The attack aircraft took off, heading towards its front line. But the car did not reach the airfield due to a malfunction. I had to plant it in a field, not far from my front edge. The pilot and gunner were saved, but the plane was lost. An exploding enemy mine set it on fire. “He helped us out,” recalls A.K. Nedbailo, “and he himself died as a hero.”

The surviving archival documents from the war years tell about Nedbaylo’s combat missions in the Kherson region. Here is one of those episodes.

A group of attack aircraft took off to strike enemy aircraft at an airfield near Kherson. The leader of the group was Anatoly Nedbaylo. The Nazis covered the airfield with strong anti-aircraft fire, and the pilot decided to strike suddenly. Having abandoned the usual frontal attack, flying at low level over the sea, the attack aircraft reached the target. Then, having sharply gained altitude, the planes appeared behind enemy lines. Having reformed from a “wedge” combat formation to a “snake” combat formation and maneuvering among anti-aircraft explosions, the attack aircraft brought down all their fire on enemy aircraft. Soviet pilots approached the target 8 times. The enemy lost many vehicles after this raid. Our pilots returned to the airfield in full force.

During one of the combat missions, the group led by Nedbaylo attacked and sank an enemy ship in the northern bay of Sevastopol.

In May 1944, Anatoly, who turned 21 in January, already commanded a squadron in his native 75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment. His squadron was one of the best in the 1st Air Army: 6 pilots became Heroes of the Soviet Union by the end of the war.

Nedbailo's squadron provided great assistance to the ground forces of the 3rd Belorussian Front in defeating the enemy group in the Minsk region. On the soil of Belarus, thousands of enemies found their grave from the fire of Soviet attack aircraft; dozens of tanks, vehicles, railway trains, guns and other military equipment were destroyed.

Nedbaylo's squadron inflicted significant damage on the enemy in the summer of 1944 on the Svisloch River. The Nazis captured in this area said that the greatest losses were inflicted on them by Soviet attack aircraft, whom they nicknamed the “Black Death.”

Once, near Volkovysk, 23 enemy tanks broke through in the direction of the front command post. Six crews from Nedbailo's squadron were alerted at sunset. The commander himself led them. The attack aircraft made several approaches to the target. 12 tanks were destroyed, 5 were damaged, the rest turned back. We had to return to the airfield after dark. The pilots had no experience in night landings, so they were ordered to leave the planes by parachute.

But how can you abandon serviceable attack aircraft? Nedbaylo decided to take a risk and asked to mark the landing site with fires. The first one walked in with difficulty and sat down! Then, controlling the group by radio, he landed the rest of the planes. For the successful completion of the combat mission and the safe night landing of the Guard group, Captain A.K. Nedbaylo was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree.

Nedbaylo devoted a lot of time to searching for new tactical methods of air combat. And these thoughts bore fruit. In one of the combat missions, when Anatoly was the leader, after the attack he managed to rebuild his group so quickly that the enemy, without having time to come to his senses, instead of a “circle” he saw a “bearing” going into his territory. The German pilots tried to attack the attack aircraft, but lost one plane and abandoned pursuit.

Our troops advanced across Lithuanian soil. They moved quickly and, to avoid delays, the attack aircraft had to make several sorties a day. They destroyed artillery batteries, suppressed heavily fortified resistance centers, and stormed enemy infantry. There were days when not a single enemy fighter appeared in the air, and then the Ilys felt like masters of the situation. But it was not always so.

One day Nedbaylo led a group of 6 Ilyushins, which were accompanied by 4 fighters. The task was ordinary: destroy enemy artillery positions 2 kilometers west of Vilkovishka. However, already in the air an order came from the ground: not to storm the previously indicated target, but to go to the south-eastern outskirts of the city and hit enemy tanks. Anatoly quickly found a new target and was about to give the command to start the attack, when suddenly the words about the danger threatening them, transmitted from the ground guidance point, clearly sounded in the headphones of the headset:

You are attacked by 12 fighters. Be careful!

Nedbailo carefully examined the airspace. Indeed, a group of FW-190s was rushing straight towards them from the direction of the sun. Enemy fighters grew before our eyes. Anatoly knew that the air gunners were already prepared to repel the attack and, as soon as the distance allowed, would open fire.

However, the enemy's plan was different. First of all, they attacked the fighters, the four Yaks flying somewhat higher than the attack aircraft. The Fokkers tried to tear the covering group away from the Ilovs and pin it down in battle. They partially succeeded. Nedbailo saw how 2 pairs of FW-190s engaged the Yakov in battle. The remaining Fokkers were rapidly approaching the six IL-2s. A second passed, then another. And suddenly, as if on command, the air gunners of all 6 aircraft opened fire. The fire was so strong that the enemy fighters immediately rolled aside.

The first attack was repulsed. But what will the enemy do now to use their numerical advantage to prevent the attack aircraft from reaching the target?

The enemy tried a new trick. The four continued to pin down our fighters in battle. The second four went towards the sun, apparently wanting to choose a new opportune moment for an attack. The third four FW-190s split into pairs and took up their starting position for an attack from above and below the defensive circle of attack aircraft. At the same moment, both of these pairs, noticing the gap between Nedbaylo’s plane and the Il closing the circle, pounced on the latter.

But the pair of Yaks, not constrained by the battle, resolutely went on the attack on the two lower FW-190s. And then the leading German plane burst into flames, not having time to open fire on the attack aircraft.

At that very moment, amazing events happened. Those watching the battle from the ground saw how 3 enemy aircraft were destroyed almost simultaneously. Who shot down 2 more?

The leader of the top pair was set on fire by Nedbailo. He fired 4 rockets at him at once. Having figured out the enemy's cunning, he deliberately created a gap between the planes flying in a circle, and when the top enemy pair began to approach the attack aircraft flying in front, Anatoly directed his plane at the leader and fired shells. Almost simultaneously, the gunner and radio operator of his aircraft opened fire on the wingman of the lower pair.

All 3 enemy aircraft crashed to the ground. The second enemy attack was drowned in the fire of our fighters and attack aircraft. Having lost 3 vehicles, the enemy did not enter the battle anymore. The Fokkers left the attack aircraft alone and disappeared into the distance, behind the front line.

But the attack aircraft have not yet completed the combat mission assigned to them. Now is the right time to do it. Nedbaylo gave the command to attack and was the first to dive into enemy tanks. The guns started working again, and anti-tank bombs rained down on the enemy's head.

When all the ammunition intended for ground targets had been expended, a group of German Me-109 fighters appeared from the west. Nedbaylo immediately gave the command to prepare for battle. And as soon as he began to imitate a new attack, his followers all suddenly turned around and clearly formed a new battle formation. This was one of the very effective fighting techniques developed by Anatoly Nedbaylo. The German pilots considered it best not to engage in battle with the attack aircraft and left.

Thus ended this difficult combat mission. And how many of them are in the account of the attack aircraft pilot Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo! And each showed endurance and perseverance, flying skill and high leadership qualities.

By the end of 1944, Anatoly Nedbaylo had 130 combat missions to attack and bomb enemy strongholds, firing positions, concentrations of troops and equipment. He was presented with the highest degree of honor by the command of the regiment and division.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 19, 1945, the brave pilot was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union. On his chest, next to 6 military awards, the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal shone.

At the final stage of the war, Nedbaylo made another 89 successful combat missions. He participated in the defeat of German troops and the area of the city of Königsberg. Here the pilot disabled 63 enemy tanks, 100 vehicles, 5 locomotives, 60 carriages, more than 70 enemy artillery pieces and other military equipment.

One day Nedbaylo decided to sum up his combat work for one year of war. It turned out that from 1943 to 1944 he flew out on combat missions 100 times, fired 800 rockets, about 40,000 cannon shells, 150,000 bullets from ShKAS at the enemy, and dropped more than 50,000 kg of bombs on enemy positions. As a result, Nedbaylo destroyed 5 enemy aircraft in the air and 17 on the ground, burned 30 cars, 16 tanks and self-propelled guns, and smashed a dozen railway cars. When approaching the target, his attack aircraft suppressed 11 anti-aircraft guns and 6 artillery batteries. More than 300 enemy soldiers and officers were destroyed by the fire of his red-nosed Il-2.

The brave pilot made 219 successful combat missions during the war years. He fought in the skies of Crimea, Belarus, and Lithuania. He was wounded and on fire. But he went through all the trials and survived.

The homeland highly appreciated the bravery and courage of the pilot. For new feats of arms accomplished in the last days of the war, Guard Senior Lieutenant Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbailo was awarded the second “Gold Star” by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 29, 1945. He was then 22 years old.

In the post-war years of the Guard, Colonel A.K. Nedbaylo graduated from the Red Banner Air Force Academy and continued to serve in the country's Air Force for many years, passing on his rich combat experience to a generation of young aviators. Both sons of the brave pilot followed the path of their parents - they are also military aviators.

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Defensive air combat of attack aircraft.

While performing a combat mission with a group of attack aircraft consisting of 6 Il-2s under the cover of 4 Yak-9s in the area of the town of Vilkavishki (Lithuania, 1944), we were attacked by enemy fighters. Approaching the front line, 45 km away, I reorganized my group from the “wedge” of the six into a battle formation on the right “bearing” and contacted the guidance station to obtain permission to work on a given target (destroy artillery positions 2 km west of Vilkavishka). The guidance station redirected my group to the southeastern outskirts of Vilkavishka, where the enemy concentrated a large number of tanks to attack our positions.

Having determined the front line on the ground and having found the target specified by the guidance station, I reorganized my group into a “circle” battle formation. Suddenly, the guidance station transmits: “You are being attacked by 12 FW-190 fighters covering the enemy, be careful.”

I duplicate on the radio to my wingmen and transmit to the covering fighters: “I am conducting a defensive battle in a circle formation.”

Enemy fighters attacked the covering fighters, trying to tear them away from the attack aircraft and pin them down in battle. They half succeeded. Two pairs of FW-190s engaged a pair of Yak-9s, and 8 FW-190s tried to disperse my group. But seeing that the group was moving compactly and it was very difficult to approach for an attack, the enemy resorted to a trick, which was as follows: while the Yak-9 pair was pinned down by four FW-190s, two pairs took a risk, that is, by catching the moment of the gap in the " circle,” they attacked my last wingman with a pair from above and a pair from below, taking advantage of the temporary gap between my wingman and me.

As soon as the enemy fighters took their starting position for the attack, my cover leader noticed them and decided to attack the bottom pair. As a result of the attack, the leader of a pair of enemy fighters was shot down, and his wingman was shot down by my gunner. A few seconds before this, the leading pair of enemy fighters was shot down by a series of 4 PC-130s.

Even before departure, on the ground, we agreed with the covering fighters: when attacking enemy fighters, a group of attack aircraft should move in one direction of the “circle”, and the covering fighters should move in the opposite direction, which is what we did.

The FW-190s, seeing the failure of their attacks, withdrew in the direction of their own territory. When the second pair of my cover approached my group, I decided to complete the mission of the application station. Having completed it, I received gratitude in the air and began to assemble a group. At the moment the group assembled, a second group of fighters appeared in the amount of 14 Me-109s. Using my method of gathering a group, I produced it quickly. The enemy fighters passed by and did not try to attack us. I and my group, under the cover of 4 Yak-9s, returned to my airfield without losses.

Thus, as a result of the air battle, 3 enemy fighters were shot down.

(From the collection - “One Hundred Stalinist Falcons in the Battles for the Motherland.” Moscow, “YAUZA - EKSMO”, 2005.)

Nedbaylo Anatoly Konstantinovich - squadron commander of the 75th Guards Stalingrad Red Banner Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree assault aviation regiment (1st Guards Stalingrad Order of Lenin twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov assault aviation division, 1st Air Army, 3rd Belorussian Front ), guard captain. Born on January 28, 1923 in the city of Izyum, Kharkov province (now in the Kharkov region, Ukraine). From a working-class family. Ukrainian. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU since 1944. Graduated from junior high school, Kramatorsk flying club. In the Red Army since May 1941, he was drafted by the Kramatorsk district military registration and enlistment office of the Stalin (now Donetsk) region of the Ukrainian SSR. He studied at the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation Pilot School, and was evacuated with it in the fall of 1941 to Chkalovsk (now Orenburg), where he graduated in 1943. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War, junior lieutenant A.K. Nedbailo - since March 6, 1943. He fought on the Southern Front, from October 1943 - on the 4th Ukrainian Front, from June 1944 - on the 3rd Belorussian Front. First a pilot, in the same 1943 he became a flight commander and deputy squadron commander, from the summer of 1944 until the Victory - squadron commander of the 75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment. Participant of the Mius, Donbass, Dnieper, Nikopol-Krivoy Rog, Crimean, Belarusian, East Prussian, Koenigsberg, Zemland offensive operations. I celebrated victory in Courland. Creatively used a variety of methods of combat. The squadron commander of the 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (1st Guards Assault Aviation Division, 1st Air Army, 3rd Belorussian Front) Guard, Captain Anatoly Nedbaylo, by October 1944, had made 130 sorties, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in manpower. and technology. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 19, 1945, Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 6247). In subsequent battles, by April 1945, the brave pilot flew another 89 combat missions. He himself was shot down three times, landing a burning attack aircraft on its belly, and was seriously wounded in the battle on February 5, 1944. In air battles he shot down 5 enemy aircraft. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 29, 1945, Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the second time with the presentation of the Gold Star medal. After the Great Patriotic War, Major A.K. Nedbaylo continued to serve in the USSR Air Force. Successfully graduated from the Red Banner Air Force Academy in 1951. Since May 1951 - Deputy Head of the Higher Officers' Aircraft Design School. Since December 1953, he has been a teacher at the Department of Combat Training Methods at the Red Banner Air Force Academy. Since 1956 - chief of staff of a heavy bomber aviation regiment. Since 1957 - head of the department of tactics and history of military art at the Kharkov Higher Aviation Command School. Since October 1960 - head of the department of history of military art at the Kharkov Higher Military Engineering Command School. Since June 1962 - Deputy Head of the Kazan Artillery and Technical School. Since March 1964 - head of the department of correspondence education at the Riga Higher Military Command Engineering School. Since October 1968 - Deputy Head of the Kyiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School. Major General of Aviation (1970). Since September 1983, Aviation Major General A.K. Nedbailo - retired. He was actively involved in veteran and public work, was the chairman of the Council of Veterans - Heroes of the Soviet Union and full holders of the Order of Glory of Ukraine. Lived in the hero city of Kyiv. Died on May 13, 2008. He was buried at the Baikovo cemetery in Kyiv. Lieutenant General (rank awarded by the President of Ukraine). Awarded the Order of Lenin (04/19/1945), three Orders of the Red Banner (10/31/1943, 01/17/1944, 01/29/1945), the Order of Alexander Nevsky (09/18/1944), three Orders of the Patriotic War 1st degree (1944, 1945, 11/03) .1985), Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree (05/03/1944), two Orders of the Red Star (07/23/1943, 1982), Order “For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR” 3rd degree (1975), medals, Ukrainian Orders of Bohdan Khmelnitsky 1st, 2nd and 3rd degrees (2005, 05/5/1999, 05/7/1995, respectively). A bronze bust of the Hero was installed in his hometown of Izyum. Author of the book "In the Guards Family".

Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbailo was born into a working-class family. Ukrainian by nationality. Member of the CPSU since 1944. In the Soviet Army since 1941. He began his service as a cadet at the Lugansk Military Aviation Pilot School, from which he graduated in 1943.

After the Great Patriotic War, he successfully graduated from the Red Banner Air Force Academy. Nowadays, Aviation Major General A.K. Nedbailo continues to serve in the Soviet Army.

This happened on the Mius River. Anatoly Nedbaylo, then still a young pilot, carried out one of his first combat missions. The pilot failed in the air battle: his plane was shot down. Nevertheless, Nedbailo pulled out the front line and managed to land the wounded car at his airfield.

Having experienced the bitterness of defeat, he acquired something without which there cannot be a real air fighter: endurance and perseverance in achieving the goal. And on the same river Mius, Anatoly for the first time showed the qualities of an experienced combat pilot.

The attack aircraft were given the task of erecting a smoke screen in the area where they were supposed to cross the river. Its implementation was entrusted to a flight of attack aircraft without fighter cover. The complexity of the task is obvious: the pilots need to fly near the very enemy positions at an altitude of 20 - 30 meters under fire from all types of weapons.

The commander of the guard regiment, Major N.F. Lyakhovsky, went through all his pilots in his memory: flight commander E. Bikbulatov, this one will undoubtedly cope. And the other flight pilots are also already seasoned rolls.

So, “specialists,” Bikbulatov said cheerfully, addressing the pilots who had to carry out a special mission, “this is a new and complex matter. First, let's be clear about the maneuver. It is necessary to accurately and at the same time secretly enter a given area. At first we will go in an open battle formation, so as not to tire ourselves. We will need strength over the target. 15 - 20 kilometers from Miusa, above point N., we switch to low level, and above the enemy shore we gain 200 meters of altitude in a “slide”. I make the first release of the chemical composition. When a smoke screen appears, air gunners should open fire on enemy firing points.

Best of the day

This was the end of preparations for the flight.

And now the planes are already over the target. Under the wings of the planes, infantry trenches and machine gun nests are rapidly rushing by. Nedbailo vigilantly watches the presenter so as not to miss the crucial moment of starting to set up the smoke screen. Here is a plume of smoke escaping from under Bikbulatov’s plane. “One, two, three... six...” - Anatoly counts down the required time in his mind and sees that the second flight pilot, I.V. Kalitin, turned on the smoke devices after the commander. Enemy positions continue to rush past, snarling with cannon and machine-gun fire. Soviet planes fly through this fire.

“Eleven, twelve...” - Nedbaylo continues to count and presses the trigger. Chemical devices come into action.

At this moment, Bikbulatov throws the car first up, then down and fires at enemy positions. The wingmen follow him. Then - a new sharp maneuver, and the attack aircraft return to their airfield.

For the excellent performance of this difficult task, Nedbaylo was awarded the first government award - the Order of the Red Star.

Combat flights continued. On August 15, 1943, squadron commander E.E. Kryvoshlyk gathered the pilots and said:

The enemy concentrated up to 80 aircraft at the Kuteynikovo airfield. Our regiment is instructed to strike this airfield with three sixes. I was ordered to lead one of the battle groups.

The squadron commander determined the composition of the six. Nedbaylo was flying up behind. This was his first combat mission to attack an enemy airfield.

“As soon as I finished changing lanes,” Nedbaylo says about the departure, “the first six quickly went on the attack. Behind her is the second... “Another second, and we will fall on the enemy airfield,” flashed through my mind. I follow with my eyes the direction of the dive of the second six; By the reflection of the sun's rays I detect aircraft stands. The cars were parked in some kind of disorder in groups. “So here it is, the airfield,” I think, and following the leader, I bring the attack aircraft into a dive. The gaze is focused on the commander's plane. The slightest delay and the bombs will miss their target. Another moment - and rockets from the leading plane flew down. I'm doing the same thing. Explosions erupted in the parking lot of enemy vehicles.

I'm following the group leader again. “Ilyushin” comes out of the attack, and at that moment bombs fall from its bomb bays in heavy dark drops. I press the reset button twice. I increase the speed to maximum, glance to the left, back. Again I see clouds of smoke over the parking lots; Flames flare up here and there... I got it!

The sixes in front approach the target a second time. Anti-aircraft artillery shells float around them. And a few seconds later we rush through the smoke of explosions. The smell of gunpowder burning fills the cabin. Following the commander, I fire from cannons and machine guns. Rhythmic tremors run through the plane every now and then. Enemy camps are difficult to see due to the veil of smoke. Another powerful fountain of flame appears..."

After the attack, Nedbaylo's plane was attacked by enemy fighters. But air gunner A.I. Malyuk repelled all attacks. Despite the fact that the attack aircraft was seriously damaged, Nedbaylo brought it to his airfield.

The pilot's combat activity grew as he gained personal experience, as he acquired the experience of the best aviators. One day Nedbaylo flew out on a combat mission as part of a group led by the experienced commander D.S. Prudnikov. Having completed the task, the group returned to their airfield. And here the presenter noticed fascist Yu-88 bombers flying in the direction of our troops. The commander quickly made a decision: attack! In this unusual battle for attack aircraft, Soviet pilots shot down six fascist planes. The next day, Nedbaylo shot down a Yu-87, and his gunner shot down another bomber.

Nedbaylo sank enemy ships in the Black Sea, carried out raids on enemy airfields, and flew reconnaissance. And in each combat mission, he tried to choose from numerous and varied combat techniques one that would put the enemy in a difficult position and ensure victory for the Soviet pilots.

Nedbaylo learned especially a lot in the battles for the liberation of Crimea. During a raid on an airfield in the Kherson area, covered by strong anti-aircraft fire, he did not launch a frontal attack, but chose a route over the sea. The group was flying at low level, then the planes sharply gained altitude and unexpectedly appeared in the rear of the Nazis. Having reformed from a “wedge” combat formation to a “snake” combat formation and maneuvering among anti-aircraft explosions, they attacked enemy aircraft with all their firepower. A reasonably constructed battle formation ensured freedom of maneuver for each crew. Soviet pilots approached the target eight times. The fascist planes at the airfield were destroyed. Our group returned to its airfield in full force.

A new day has come - and a new victory: in the northern bay of Sevastopol, Nedbaylo and his wingmen sank an enemy ship.

And so day after day, from victory to victory.

During the battles for the liberation of Crimea, Nedbaylo became a member of the Communist Party. After this, the regiment commander called him and ordered him to receive the squadron:

It's time to raise your own heroes.

The young commander energetically took up the task entrusted to him. Fulfilling his party duty became the most important thing in his life.

Previously, Nedbaylo himself tried to follow the example of older, experienced pilots. Now they will follow his example. Previously, he looked at others - now the youth looked at him with hope and confidence. The young pilots liked his willpower and faith in victory, his deep knowledge of air combat technology and tactics. If the commander reaches the target, he will not leave the battlefield until the enemy is suppressed. And in difficult times, he will always find the only correct solution that will ensure victory.

And the young pilots tried to follow the example of their commander.

July 1944, 3rd Belorussian Front. Under powerful blows from Soviet units, the Nazis rolled back to the west. Pilots from the air supported the ground troops; they destroyed departing columns of fascist vehicles and trains at Gorodziki station; They helped finish off an enemy group surrounded by our troops 12 - 15 kilometers east of Minsk.

On July 8, the six led by Nedbaylo, consisting exclusively of young pilots, took off to carry out a bombing attack at the crossing of the Svisloch River.

The terrain passing under the wings of the planes was clearly visible. On the approach to the given area, on the road between two green areas, a stretched column of enemy troops appeared. Near the Svisloch River, in a wide clearing free of trees, confusion reigned: on the bank in front of a narrow passage, like a flock of sheep, various military equipment were crowded together.

The attack aircraft make an approach and deliver a bomb attack on the right bearing. The target is covered. The planes form a “circle” and begin to attack scattered parts of the enemy group in the clearing and along the road.

As they dive, large shells fly past the attack aircraft.

“They are firing from tank guns,” thought Nedbaylo, and in response he sent rockets at the enemy.

Then the commander took control of the control and moved the vehicle into a climb. He glanced at his followers. The car of junior lieutenant N.M. Kireev continued to dive rapidly, leaving behind clouds of gray smoke.

What's the matter?

Bring it out! - Nedbaylo shouted over the radio. - Earth, earth...

It's not too late. The burning attack aircraft crashed into the thick of enemy tanks and vehicles. The fiery cap of the explosion rose above the clearing, throwing out piles of shapeless debris in all directions.

The entire front became aware of Kireev’s feat. A special leaflet issued by the political department told all soldiers about the hero’s valor. Guard junior lieutenant Kireev was forever included in the unit lists,

Nedbaylo paid a lot of attention to the search for new tactics. All pilots were well aware of the advantages of the “circle” combat formation. One thing is bad: when the attack aircraft completed their mission, in order to follow to the airfield, they had to change into a “bearing” or another battle formation. Depending on the number of aircraft, such a changeover took from three to ten minutes. Many fascist pilots were waiting for this moment. They pounced on the stormtroopers like kites and often inflicted significant damage on them.

“How to protect crews from destructive enemy fire at these moments?” - this is the question to which Nedbaylo devoted short minutes of front-line rest.

In one of the combat missions, when Nedbaylo was the leader, after the attack he managed to rebuild his group so quickly that the enemy, without having time to come to his senses, instead of a “circle” saw a “bearing” going into his territory. The fascist fighters tried to attack the attack aircraft, but lost one plane and abandoned pursuit.

“So, we can put together a group in a short time,” Anatoly was delighted and tried to figure out how this happened.

A large sheet of paper is crossed by a wavy line - the front line. In the middle there is a circle - a curve along which the planes will move over the target. Half of the circle passes over enemy territory, half over ours. There are six planes in the circle. Number one is the presenter.

Nedbaylo carefully pins the piece of paper to the log wall of the dugout and begins to explain to the pilots:

We usually work towards a goal. As soon as we make the last approach, I command: “Get ready,” and I continue to imitate the attack. At my next command, you turn around sharply, head for your territory and all follow to one collection point,” Anatoly drew long dotted lines from each plane to the indicated point.

The conversation dragged on. They talked about the importance of clear interaction not only between attack aircraft crews, but also with covering fighters, the need to change the battle formation even before approaching the target, and much, much more that could ensure victory in new battles.

Everything that Nedbaylo spoke about and what the pilots added was checked during the flight. It turned out well.

Our troops advanced across Lithuanian soil. They moved forward quickly and, to avoid delays, stormtroopers were called to the battlefield several times a day. Our pilots destroyed artillery batteries, suppressed heavily fortified resistance units, and stormed enemy infantry. There were days when not a single fascist fighter appeared in the air, and then the attack aircraft felt like masters of the situation.

But it was not always so.

Nedbailo led the six Ilovs. Four of our Yak fighters were circling above them. The task is ordinary: destroy enemy artillery positions two kilometers west of Vilkovishka. Finding the target, to the north of which a wide river flows and where the railway and highway converge, was not difficult. And so Nedbaylo felt calm, confident that everything would be okay. There is not a single enemy fighter in the air - this is also not bad.

However, experienced pilots under no circumstances remained complacent. In different conditions, they tried to use different battle formations in order to have maximum advantages in the event of an unexpected meeting with an air enemy. So it was this time: when there were four or five kilometers left to the front line, Nedbailo reorganized his group from the “wedge” of six to the right “bearing”. Then he turned on the transmitter and, having reported his call sign to the control point, requested permission to begin an attack on the target.

From the ground they ordered not to storm the previously indicated target, but to go to the south-eastern outskirts of the city and hit enemy tanks.

This has happened more than once. Nedbaylo quickly analyzes the situation, figures out which side is best to approach the target, and gives the command to his wingmen to form a “circle” battle formation. The crews, strictly maintaining specified distances, form a giant ring.

The Nazis felt that an attack was about to begin and began to fire at the attack aircraft. However, several thin tracks of small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery passed far to the side. Nedbailo was about to give the command to start the attack, when suddenly the ground transmitter started working and the words about the impending danger were clearly heard in the headphones of the headset:

You are attacked by 12 FV-190 fighters. Be careful!

Anatoly demands that his wingmen prepare for battle and immediately conveys to the covering fighters:

I am conducting a defensive battle in a “circle” battle formation.

While this radio exchange took place, Nedbailo carefully studied the air situation. Indeed, a group of blunt-nosed fighters was rushing straight at them from the direction of the sun. Enemy planes grew before our eyes. Nedbaylo knew that the air gunners were already prepared to repel the attack and, as soon as the distance allowed, would open fire on the enemy.

However, the plan of the fascist pilots was different. First of all, they attacked the fighters, four Yaks flying somewhat higher than the attack aircraft. The Nazis tried to tear the cover group away from the stormtroopers and pin it down in battle. They partially succeeded. Nedbailo saw how two pairs of FV-190s engaged the Yaks in battle. The remaining eight Focke-Wulfs were rapidly approaching the six ILs. A second passed, then another second. And suddenly, as if on command, the air gunners of all six aircraft opened fire. The fire was so effective that the enemy fighters immediately fell aside.

The first attack was repulsed. But what will the enemy do now to use their numerical advantage to prevent the attack aircraft from reaching the target?

Whatever he did, one thing was clear to Anatoly Nedbaylo: he needed to firmly hold the defensive circle and, during any repeated attack, use the full force of fire from the attack aircraft to defeat the air enemy.

Meanwhile, the enemy resorted to a new trick. The four continued to pin down a couple of our fighters in battle. The second four went towards the sun, apparently wanting to choose a new opportune moment for an attack. The third four Focke-Wulfs split into pairs and took up their starting position to attack the defensive circle of attack aircraft from above and below. At the same moment, both of these pairs, noticing the gap between Nedbaylo’s plane and the “silt” closing the circle, pounced on the latter.

But the pair of Yaks, not constrained by the battle, resolutely launched an attack on the two lower Focke-Wulfs. And then the leading enemy plane burst into flames, without having time to open fire on the attack aircraft.

But more than one FV-190 caught fire. Those watching the battle from the ground saw how three enemy aircraft were shot down almost simultaneously. Who shot down two more?

The leader of the top pair was set on fire by Nedbailo. He fired four rockets at once at the fascist plane. Having figured out the enemy's cunning, he deliberately created a gap between the planes flying in a circle, and when the top enemy pair began to approach the attack aircraft flying in front, he directed his plane at the leader and fired shells. Almost simultaneously, the gunner-radio operator of the aircraft Nedbaylo opened fire on the wingman of the lower pair.

All three enemy fighters crashed to the ground. The second enemy attack was drowned in the fire of our fighters and attack aircraft.

Having lost three aircraft, the Focke-Wulfs never entered into battle again. They left our “yaks” alone and disappeared into the distance, behind the front line.

But the attack aircraft have not yet completed the task assigned to them. Now is the right time to do it. Nedbailo gave the command to attack and was the first to dive into enemy tanks. The guns started working again, and anti-tank bombs rained down on the enemy's head.

When all the ammunition intended for ground targets was expended, a group of ME-109 appeared from the west. Nedbailo immediately gave the command to get ready. II, as soon as he began to imitate a new attack, his wingmen suddenly turned around and clearly reformed into a new battle formation. The enemy pilots decided it was best not to engage in combat with the attack aircraft.

Thus ended this difficult battle. And how many of them are there in pilot Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo’s account! And each showed endurance and perseverance, flying skill and the leadership qualities of a hero.

The long-awaited Victory Day has arrived. On this joyful May day, the Soviet people glorified their heroes, those who fearlessly carried the scarlet banner of our Motherland through the fires of war. Among them was Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo.

28. 1. 1923 - 13. 5. 2008
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Nedbaylo Anatoly Konstantinovich - squadron commander of the 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (1st Guards Assault Aviation Division, 1st Air Army, 3rd Belorussian Front), guard captain.

Born on January 28, 1923 in the city of Izyum, Kharkov region, into a working-class family. Ukrainian. Member of the CPSU(b)/CPSU since 1944. Graduated from junior high school.

In the Red Army since 1941. He began his service as a cadet at the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation Pilot School, which he graduated from in 1943.

During the Great Patriotic War, from March 1943, he fought on the Southern, 4th Ukrainian and 3rd Belorussian fronts: pilot, flight commander, deputy commander and squadron commander of the 75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment. He distinguished himself in battles during the liberation of Crimea and Belarus, as well as during assault strikes against enemy troops in East Prussia. Creatively used a variety of methods of combat.

The squadron commander of the 75th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (1st Guards Assault Aviation Division, 1st Air Army, 3rd Belorussian Front) Guard, Captain Anatoly Nedbaylo, by October 1944, had made 130 sorties, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in manpower. and technology.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 19, 1945, Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 6247).

In subsequent battles, by April 1945, the brave pilot flew another 89 combat missions.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 29, 1945, Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo was awarded the second title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

After the Great Patriotic War A.K. Nedbaylo continued to serve in the USSR Air Force. Successfully graduated from the Red Banner Air Force Academy. He held teaching and leadership positions in military educational institutions of the Air Force. From October 1968 to September 1983, he served as deputy head of the Kyiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School. Since 1983, Aviation Major General A.K. Nedbailo - retired.

Lived in the hero city of Kyiv. Died on May 13, 2008. He was buried at the Baikovo cemetery in Kyiv.

Awarded the Order of Lenin (1945), 3 Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944, 1945), Order of Alexander Nevsky (1944), 3 Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (1944, 1945, 1985), Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree ( 1944), 2 Orders of the Red Star (1943, 1982), Order “For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces” 3rd degree (1975), medals.

A bronze bust of the Hero was installed in his homeland.

The attack aircraft were given the task of erecting a smoke screen in the area where they were supposed to cross the river. Its implementation was entrusted to a flight of attack aircraft without fighter cover. The complexity of the task is obvious: the pilots need to fly close to the enemy’s positions at an altitude of 20-30 meters under fire from all types of weapons.

Guard regiment commander Major N.F. Lyakhovsky went through all his pilots in his memory: flight commander E. Bikbulatov, this one will undoubtedly cope. And the other flight pilots are also already seasoned rolls.

Lyakhovsky also considered Anatoly Nedbaylo such a grated roll, although he was just beginning to comprehend martial art. The experienced commander was able to discern good combat abilities in the young pilot and was not mistaken.
“So, “specialists,” said Bikbulatov cheerfully, addressing the pilots who had to carry out a special task, “this is a new and complex matter.” First, let's be clear about the maneuver. It is necessary to accurately and at the same time secretly enter a given area. At first we will go in an open battle formation, so as not to tire ourselves. We will need strength over the target. 15-20 kilometers from Miusa, above point N., we switch to low level, and above the enemy shore we gain 200 meters of altitude in a “slide”. I make the first release of the chemical composition. When a smoke screen appears, air gunners should open fire on enemy firing points.

This was the end of preparations for the flight.

“Eleven, twelve...” Nedbaylo continues to count and presses the trigger. Chemical devices come into action.

At this moment, Bikbulatov throws the car first up, then down and fires at enemy positions. The wingmen follow him. Then - a new sharp maneuver, and the attack aircraft return to their airfield.

For the excellent performance of this difficult task, Nedbaylo was awarded the first government award - the Order of the Red Star.

Combat flights continued. On August 15, 1943, squadron commander E.E. Kryvoshlyk gathered the pilots and said:
- The enemy concentrated up to 80 aircraft at the Kuteinikovo airfield. Our regiment is instructed to strike this airfield with three sixes. I was ordered to lead one of the battle groups.

The squadron commander determined the composition of the six. Nedbaylo was flying up behind. This was his first combat flight to attack an enemy airfield.

“As soon as I finished changing formation,” Nedbaylo says about the departure, “the first six quickly went on the attack. Behind them came the second... “Another second, and we will fall on the enemy airfield,” flashed through my mind. I trace with my gaze the direction of the dive of the second six; by the reflection of the sun's rays I detect aircraft parking lots. The cars were parked in some kind of disorder in groups. “So this is the airfield,” I think, and after the leader I bring the attack aircraft into a dive. My gaze is riveted on the commander’s plane. The slightest delay - and the bombs will miss the target. Another moment - and rockets from the leader's plane flew down. I do the same. Explosions rose in the parking lot of enemy cars.

I'm following the group leader again. "Ilyushin" comes out of the attack, and at that moment bombs fall from its bomb bays in heavy dark drops. I press the reset button twice. I increase the speed to maximum, glance to the left, back. Again I see clouds of smoke over the parking lots; Flames flare up here and there... I got it!

Nedbaylo learned especially a lot in the battles for the liberation of Crimea. During a raid on an airfield in the Kherson area, covered by strong anti-aircraft fire, he did not launch a frontal attack, but chose a route over the sea. The group was flying at low level, then the planes sharply gained altitude and unexpectedly appeared in the rear of the Nazis. Having reformed from the “wedge” combat formation to the “snake” combat formation and maneuvering among anti-aircraft explosions, they attacked the enemy aircraft with all their firepower. Reasonably constructed, the battle formation ensured freedom of maneuver for each crew. Soviet pilots approached the target eight times. The fascist planes at the airfield were destroyed. Our group returned to its airfield in full force.

A new day has come - and a new victory: in the northern bay of Sevastopol, Nedbaylo and his wingmen sank an enemy ship.

And so day after day, from victory to victory.

On July 8, the six led by Nedbaylo, consisting exclusively of young pilots, took off to carry out a bombing attack at the crossing of the Svisloch River.

As they dive, large shells fly past the attack aircraft.

“They’re firing from tank guns,” thought Nedbaylo, and in response he sent rockets at the enemy.

What's the matter?
- Take me out! - Nedbailo shouted over the radio. “Earth, earth... But it’s too late.” The burning attack aircraft crashed into the thick of enemy tanks and vehicles. The fiery cap of the explosion rose above the clearing, throwing out piles of shapeless debris in all directions.

Nedbaylo paid a lot of attention to the search for new tactics. All pilots were well aware of the advantages of the "circle" combat formation. One thing is bad: when the attack aircraft completed their mission, in order to follow to the airfield, they had to change into a “bearing” or another battle formation. Depending on the number of aircraft, such a changeover took from three to ten minutes. Many fascist pilots were waiting for this moment. They pounced on the stormtroopers like kites and often inflicted significant damage on them.

“How to protect crews from destructive enemy fire at these moments?” - this is the question to which Nedbaylo devoted short minutes of front-line rest.

In one of the combat missions, when Nedbailo was the leader, after the attack he managed to rebuild his group so quickly that the enemy, without having time to come to his senses, instead of a “circle” saw a “bearing” heading into his territory. The fascist fighters tried to attack the attack aircraft, but lost one plane and abandoned pursuit.

“So, we can assemble a group in a short time,” Anatoly was delighted and tried to figure out how this happened.

Nedbaylo carefully pins the piece of paper to the log wall of the dugout and begins to explain to the pilots:
- We usually work on the goal. As soon as we make the last approach, I command: “Get ready,” and I continue to imitate the attack. At my next command, you turn sharply, set course for your territory and all follow to one collection point,” Anatoly drew long dotted lines from each plane to the indicated point.

Everything that Nedbaylo spoke about and what the pilots added was checked during the flight. It turned out well.

But it was not always so.

Nedbailo led the six Ilovs. Four of our Yak fighters were circling above them. The task is ordinary: destroy enemy artillery positions two kilometers west of Vilko-vishka. Finding the target, to the north of which a wide river flows and where the railway and highway converge, was not difficult. And so Nedbaylo felt calm, confident that everything would be okay. There is not a single enemy fighter in the air - this is also not bad.

However, experienced pilots under no circumstances remained complacent. In different conditions, they tried to use different battle formations in order to have maximum advantages in the event of an unexpected meeting with an air enemy. So it was this time: when there were four or five kilometers left to the front line, Nedbaylo reorganized his group from the “wedge” of six to the right “bearing”. Then he turned on the transmitter and, having reported his call sign to the control point, requested permission to begin an attack on the target.

From the ground they ordered not to storm the previously indicated target, but to go to the south-eastern outskirts of the city and hit enemy tanks.

Anatoly demands that his wingmen prepare for battle and immediately conveys to the covering fighters:
- I am conducting a defensive battle in a “circle” battle formation.

The first attack was repulsed. But what will the enemy do now to use their numerical advantage to prevent the attack aircraft from reaching the target?

But more than one FV-190 caught fire. Those watching the battle from the ground saw how three enemy aircraft were shot down almost simultaneously. Who shot down two more?

All three enemy fighters crashed to the ground. The second enemy attack was drowned in the fire of our fighters and attack aircraft.

Having lost three aircraft, the Focke-Wulfs never entered into battle again. They left our "yaks" alone and disappeared into the distance, behind the front line.

When all the ammunition intended for ground targets was expended, a group of ME-109 appeared from the west. Nedbailo immediately gave the command to get ready. And as soon as he began to imitate a new attack, his wingmen suddenly turned around and clearly formed a new battle formation. The enemy pilots decided it was best not to engage in combat with the attack aircraft.

Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo was born on January 28, 1923 in the city of Izyum, now Kharkov region, into a working-class family.

Nedbaylo graduated from junior high school.

Participation in the war

He was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army in 1941. He studied at the Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation Pilot School, which he graduated in 1943.

He took part in battles on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War from March 1943. He fought on the Southern, 4th Ukrainian and 3rd Belorussian fronts as a pilot, flight commander, deputy commander and squadron commander of the 75th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment. Anatoly Nedbaylo distinguished himself in battles during the Crimean operation and Operation Bagration, as well as during assault strikes against the enemy in East Prussia.

He joined the CPSU(b) in 1944.

By October 1944, Captain Anatoly Nedbaylo had flown 130 combat missions, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy in manpower and equipment.

By Decree No. 6247 of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated April 19, 1945, Anatoly Konstantinovich Nedbaylo was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

By April 1945, Anatoly Nedbaylo flew another 89 combat missions.

Post-war biography

With the end of the war, Anatoly Nedbaylo continued to serve in the USSR Air Force.

Graduated from the Air Force Academy. Yu. A. Gagarin, taught and then held senior positions in military educational institutions of the Air Force.

From October 1968 to September 1983 he worked as deputy head of the Kyiv Higher Military Aviation Engineering School.

In 1983, Aviation Major General Anatoly Nedbailo resigned. After his resignation, he lived in the city of Kyiv, where he died on May 13, 2008. He was buried at the Baikovo cemetery.

Awards

Two Orders of Lenin (1945);
Three Orders of the Red Banner (1943, 1944, 1945);
Order of Alexander Nevsky (1944);
Three Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st degree (1944, 1945, 1985);
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree (1944);
Two Orders of the Red Star (1943, 1982)
Order "For Service to the Motherland in the USSR Armed Forces" 3rd degree (1975)
Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky (Ukraine) 3rd degree (1995)
Medals.