CZAPKA

=69.GIAP=CZAPKA
Rank:
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Mladshiy Leytenant
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Qualifications:
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Shapper_Wings
Level_Bomber
Navigator

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Campaigns:
This is the medal of participants of our SCW campaign.
Badge of the Spainish Civil War Campaign
Medal of the
SCW Campaign
This is the medal of participants of our Italo-Greek campaign.
Badge of the Italo-Greek-War 1940 Campaign
Medal of the
Italo-Greek-War 1940 Campaign
This is the medal of participants of our Java campaign.
Badge of the Java Campaign
Medal of the
Java Campaign
This is the medal of participants of our Holland campaign.
Badge of the Holland Campaign
Medal of the
Holland Campaign
This is the medal of participants of our St.Mihiel campaign.
Badge of the St.Mihiel Campaign
Medal for the St.Mihiel Campaign
This is the medal of participants of our Korea campaign.
Badge of the Korea Campaign
Medal for the Korean Unification Campaign
This is the medal of participants of our Kiev campaign.
Badge of the Kiev Campaign
Medal for the Kiev Campaign

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CZAPKA's Medals:
Order of the Red Star

Order of the Red Star

CZAPKA was awarded the Order of the Red Star for his first aerial kill during a sortie.
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Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class

CZAPKA was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War for 5 flown bomber sorties.

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Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class

Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class

CZAPKA was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War for killing 3 enemy aircraft.

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Order of Glory 3rd Class

Golden Kite 2nd Class

CZAPKA was awarded the Golden Kite 2nd Class for his combat service in the Java campaign

10 sorties, 0 deaths, 10 ground kills, 5 infrastructure kills

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CZAPKA's Story:

Czapka was born on the Russo-Polish frontier in the year of 1919, to a family of potato farmers. Life on the farm was dull and tedious, this suited Czapka just fine. In 1939 the Russians came boiling across the border, passed through the town, and rumor had it that they and the Germans had taken over the country. Life on the farm didnt change, potatoes still had to be harvested. Then in 1941 Czapka watched as the stubby Russian fighters from the nearby airfield were shot down by sleek planes bearing black crosses. The Germans were coming!
Wandering over to the airbase to witness the commotion Czapka ran into a man, who was obviously a pilot. The pilot asked if Czapka could fire a gun, to which he stuttered, Da. Quite soon Czapka was outfitted in a fliers cap and goggles and seated in the rear of a Po-2. The planes took off and attacked a German armored column, Czapkas plane was the only one to survive (though not through the efforts of Czapka, who shot off portions of his own rudder), the pilot decided to flee East towards safety, and Russia. Unfortunately the plane wasnt completely full on fuel and they were forced to crash land in a field. On landing the pilot was killed. Night was at hand and Czapka, lost, tired and lonely, rolled up in the dead pilots coat underneath the wing.

Early the next morning Czapka was discovered by a group of passing Red Army soldiers who treated him as a hero. He was brought to the nearest airbase, home of the 448 ShAP. There he was assigned a plane, which he learned to fly the night before by studying the manuals. His lack of experience explains why he could never maintain formation or actually hit a target with bombs or rockets.

Unfortunately one night Czapka was celebrating with his crew chief, Sergei, over a glass of Vodka (or two), when he was overheard by the Commissar making rude comments over the size of the Commissars wifes tail section. He was immediately sent to the Crimea for a years sentence as a rifleman, where he distinguished himself by cowering in the deepest bunker he could find.

After completing 12 months on the front he reapplied to fly again for the 69 GShAP.

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