Soviet Komsomol active of all regiments of antiaircraft artillery of the Russian city of Saratov.
In the center of Komsomol photo are the most deserved fighters: the captain with the Order of the Red Star, the girls to the right and left of him – with the medals “For Courage”.
Although the front ran far from Saratov, the city and the region were near the rear of the Stalingrad front and were in a military position from September 9, 1942 to the end of 1943. Until the summer of 1943, German aircraft raided the city, the main object of which was an aircraft factory, a cracking plant, GPP-3, the Uvek and Ulyanovsk oil bases. The most serious were the bombings at the end of June and the last decade of September 1942 and in June 1943. A total of 25 raids were committed on the city, 7 thousand aerial bombs were dropped.
Source of Komsomol photo information:
Location: Saratov, USSR
Date: summer 1943