Background
KRAVCHENKO, Grigoriy was born on October 10, 1912 in village Golubivka, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. Son of a peasant.
KRAVCHENKO, Grigoriy was born on October 10, 1912 in village Golubivka, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. Son of a peasant.
1932 graduate Kachin Flying School. 1941 graduate Advanced Commanders Courses at General Staff Academy.
1930-1931 worked for Zverinopol’ Rayon Communist Youth League Committee, Urals. 1931 admitted to Air Force on Communist Youth League draft. 1932-1936 flying instructor, Kachin Flying School.
Commanded flight, then squadron in fighter unit From 1936 test-pilot. 1938-1939 with Republic Spanish Air Force.
1939-1940 commanded air regt in Transbaikal and took part in fighting at Khalkhin Gol. Commanded special air force brigade on Soviet-Finnish Front. Air force commander, Baltic Military district.
1941-1943 commanded air force group, then air force commander, 3rd Army on Bryansk Front. Commander, air force division
Communist Party member from 1931.