Soldiers of the battalion of airfield services at the airfield in Chernivtsi. Officer – A.V. Gavrilov, chief of the BAO (battalion of airfield services). Approximately 1945.
Andrei Vasilievich Gavrilov served as an artilleryman in an anti-tank battalion. He was wounded in 1942. Long healed in the hospital. After recovery he was sent to Chernivtsi. He served as head of the BAO.
Photo of airfield services is given by grandson А.V. Gavrilov Andrey Novikov.
Location: Chernivtsi, Ukraine, USSR
Date: 1945