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KBF Newspaper "For Stalin" dated July 22, 1941
FOR STALIN
Red Fleet Newspaper
No. 27 — July 22, 1941
AFTER READING — DESTROY.
Such issues were destroyed after being read, and therefore almost none have survived. This copy remained only in the editorial archive and most likely exists as the sole surviving example. The newspaper was published on the 30th day after the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (June 22, 1941).
ENEMY BATTERY DESTROYED
This battery stood on the White Finnish coast. Its heavy gun barrels were aimed at the bay, threatening Soviet ships.
More than once the treacherous White Finns shelled our naval forces. The enemy’s insolence had to be ended.
The destruction of the Finnish heavy battery was entrusted to a young, modest and experienced bombardier-navigator, Senior Lieutenant Yegelsky.
The route was familiar. Slipping in combat flight over the city toward the coast, a group of bombers, led by skilled pilot Chechev and the master navigator Yegelsky, crossed Finland and took course to the target. The leaders did not reveal themselves. Moments later, bursts of anti-aircraft shells flared, met with a hail of Finnish fire.
But as always, confident in his comrades, Navigator Yegelsky remained calm. The bombers held their course. With great skill and composure the bombardier adjusted the path. Finnish guns could not break the tight formation of machines rushing to the target. When the enemy opened fierce fire, Yegelsky dropped flares to mark the aim. The enemy’s position was in grave trouble.
One by one, the bombs fell. Explosions thundered. Fire, smoke, and ruin spread across the battery. The Finnish gunners had not expected death to come from above.
Repeated raids smashed the Finnish battery and silenced it.
Senior Lieutenant Yegelsky, as usual, sat calmly in his bright cockpit at the bomb sight. Having dropped the first bombs on the enemy, he saw that the main sight mechanism was damaged.
This surprise did not shake the experienced navigator. “Well then, I’ll bomb by eye,” he smiled. The bombers held steady on course. Their fire-scorched wings circled the enemy’s lair.
Boldly and precisely Yegelsky dropped his bombs, striking the targets.
The bombardment was a complete success. The battery was destroyed. Thus Yegelsky carried out his combat mission.
(E. Shcheglov)
Communists of the Red Banner Squadron
The communists of our squadron understood correctly the tasks before them.
Technicians, candidates for membership in the VKP(b), Shturmin, Kuvychkin, and Lebedev, prepared the aircraft impeccably for combat flights. Pilots Kulesh, Drozdov, and radio-gunner Kuradin, in carrying out missions, showed Bolshevik steadfastness.
Even in combat conditions the Party organization reshaped its work. Men listened to newspapers, attended rallies, heard slogans.
Pilots and technicians spoke at meetings. The destruction of the enemy battery was especially noted.
Party agitators Kotov, Ignatyev, and Ivanov quickly responded and corrected shortcomings.
The communists of the Red Banner Squadron will always be in the lead in the struggle for the complete destruction of the enemy.
(N. Ivanov)
Combat Flight Not Delayed
When, after inspecting the machine, a defect was found, technicians Serebryakov did not lose their composure. With full exertion of strength they quickly repaired the damage. Thanks to their swift and precise work, the plane was not delayed in its combat flight.
(Junior Sergeant A. Khristoforov)
BY THE CALL OF THE BELOVED LEADER
Restoring Communications Quickly
The treacherous attack of the fascist predators placed serious tasks before the signal troops. On the line from point G. to K. intensive work was needed to restore communications.
Everything was mobilized. The company commander correctly assigned the men and organized the squads. As a result, the company fulfilled the command’s order on time.
Especially distinguished were Red Fleet men Grudin and Blinov, signalers of the Komsomol youth platoon.
Junior military technician Lavrov swiftly and skillfully repaired line damage, even though one section had been cut. A full 100 meters had to be replaced.
Nevertheless, communications were restored at the appointed time.
(Junior Political Instructor D. Karonin)
GOOD DEEDS OF DRIVERS
A convoy of trucks was moving along a long route. On one vehicle the engine failed.
Drivers, Red Fleet men Starikov and Prishchepov, pulled the truck off the road and quickly repaired the fault. The convoy did not lose time.
Starikov and Prishchepov showed initiative and resourcefulness.
(V. Granov)
CHASTUSHKI (DITTIES)
Adolf the cur could not sleep,
Day and night he forged his “axis.”
On that very axis, beware —
You might end up hanging there!
Hitler the brute got carried away:
“I,” he bragged, “am Bonaparte new.”
A new one hardly scares us now —
We beat the old one through and through!
The Führer struts around like a crow,
A conceited pest, so sly…
But you’re no crow — you’re just a rook,
And a mangy one at that — oh my!
Go on, comrade, strike them hard,
Said the father to his son,
So that Marshal Timoshenko
Will commend you one by one!
My dear one sails upon a battleship,
Out to sea to fight the foe.
I will wish him just one thing —
Send those bastards all below!
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FOR STALIN
Red Fleet Newspaper
No. 27 — July 22, 1941
AFTER READING — DESTROY.
Such issues were destroyed after being read, and therefore almost none have survived. This copy remained only in the editorial archive and most likely exists as the sole surviving example. The newspaper was published on the 30th day after the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (June 22, 1941).
ENEMY BATTERY DESTROYED
This battery stood on the White Finnish coast. Its heavy gun barrels were aimed at the bay, threatening Soviet ships.
More than once the treacherous White Finns shelled our naval forces. The enemy’s insolence had to be ended.
The destruction of the Finnish heavy battery was entrusted to a young, modest and experienced bombardier-navigator, Senior Lieutenant Yegelsky.
The route was familiar. Slipping in combat flight over the city toward the coast, a group of bombers, led by skilled pilot Chechev and the master navigator Yegelsky, crossed Finland and took course to the target. The leaders did not reveal themselves. Moments later, bursts of anti-aircraft shells flared, met with a hail of Finnish fire.
But as always, confident in his comrades, Navigator Yegelsky remained calm. The bombers held their course. With great skill and composure the bombardier adjusted the path. Finnish guns could not break the tight formation of machines rushing to the target. When the enemy opened fierce fire, Yegelsky dropped flares to mark the aim. The enemy’s position was in grave trouble.
One by one, the bombs fell. Explosions thundered. Fire, smoke, and ruin spread across the battery. The Finnish gunners had not expected death to come from above.
Repeated raids smashed the Finnish battery and silenced it.
Senior Lieutenant Yegelsky, as usual, sat calmly in his bright cockpit at the bomb sight. Having dropped the first bombs on the enemy, he saw that the main sight mechanism was damaged.
This surprise did not shake the experienced navigator. “Well then, I’ll bomb by eye,” he smiled. The bombers held steady on course. Their fire-scorched wings circled the enemy’s lair.
Boldly and precisely Yegelsky dropped his bombs, striking the targets.
The bombardment was a complete success. The battery was destroyed. Thus Yegelsky carried out his combat mission.
(E. Shcheglov)
Communists of the Red Banner Squadron
The communists of our squadron understood correctly the tasks before them.
Technicians, candidates for membership in the VKP(b), Shturmin, Kuvychkin, and Lebedev, prepared the aircraft impeccably for combat flights. Pilots Kulesh, Drozdov, and radio-gunner Kuradin, in carrying out missions, showed Bolshevik steadfastness.
Even in combat conditions the Party organization reshaped its work. Men listened to newspapers, attended rallies, heard slogans.
Pilots and technicians spoke at meetings. The destruction of the enemy battery was especially noted.
Party agitators Kotov, Ignatyev, and Ivanov quickly responded and corrected shortcomings.
The communists of the Red Banner Squadron will always be in the lead in the struggle for the complete destruction of the enemy.
(N. Ivanov)
Combat Flight Not Delayed
When, after inspecting the machine, a defect was found, technicians Serebryakov did not lose their composure. With full exertion of strength they quickly repaired the damage. Thanks to their swift and precise work, the plane was not delayed in its combat flight.
(Junior Sergeant A. Khristoforov)
BY THE CALL OF THE BELOVED LEADER
Restoring Communications Quickly
The treacherous attack of the fascist predators placed serious tasks before the signal troops. On the line from point G. to K. intensive work was needed to restore communications.
Everything was mobilized. The company commander correctly assigned the men and organized the squads. As a result, the company fulfilled the command’s order on time.
Especially distinguished were Red Fleet men Grudin and Blinov, signalers of the Komsomol youth platoon.
Junior military technician Lavrov swiftly and skillfully repaired line damage, even though one section had been cut. A full 100 meters had to be replaced.
Nevertheless, communications were restored at the appointed time.
(Junior Political Instructor D. Karonin)
GOOD DEEDS OF DRIVERS
A convoy of trucks was moving along a long route. On one vehicle the engine failed.
Drivers, Red Fleet men Starikov and Prishchepov, pulled the truck off the road and quickly repaired the fault. The convoy did not lose time.
Starikov and Prishchepov showed initiative and resourcefulness.
(V. Granov)
CHASTUSHKI (DITTIES)
Adolf the cur could not sleep,
Day and night he forged his “axis.”
On that very axis, beware —
You might end up hanging there!
Hitler the brute got carried away:
“I,” he bragged, “am Bonaparte new.”
A new one hardly scares us now —
We beat the old one through and through!
The Führer struts around like a crow,
A conceited pest, so sly…
But you’re no crow — you’re just a rook,
And a mangy one at that — oh my!
Go on, comrade, strike them hard,
Said the father to his son,
So that Marshal Timoshenko
Will commend you one by one!
My dear one sails upon a battleship,
Out to sea to fight the foe.
I will wish him just one thing —
Send those bastards all below!
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