Military pilot, dispatcher, RP – Life dedicated to the sky. How a dream helped to cope with "nature", defeat the enemy and build a peaceful life

October 13, 2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of World War II veteran Yakov Vasilyevich Bondarenko. A pilot who was permanently enrolled in the lists of the Guards unit, awarded two Orders of the Red Banner and two Orders of the Red Star, he worked his entire peaceful working life at the Kustanai airport. A regular author of NG tells about his father