Background
OKRESTIN, Boris was born on February 18, 1923 in Moscow.
OKRESTIN, Boris was born on February 18, 1923 in Moscow.
From 1942 at the front. September 1942—December 1943 carried out 381 sorties. 6 July 1944 his plane was hit while attacking a German unit which had broken out of the Minsk “pocket”.
He deliberately crashed his flaming plane into the enemy column.
Communist Party member from 1943.