Soviet Marshal of the Air Force SKRIPKO Nikolai Semenovich (1902 - 1987) At the beginning of the German-Soviet War (1941 - 1945), commander of the 3rd long-range bombers' corps, then commander of the Air Force of the 5th Army and deputy commander of the Air Force of the South-Western Front. From March 1942, was deputy commander of the long-range Air Force, and from December 1944 - first deputy commander of the 18th Air Army. Took part in organising combat use of long-range aviation units near Leningrad and Stalingrad, in the North Caucasus, in the Battle of Kursk, in the Crimea and during the liberation of Belarus, the Baltic countries and Eastern Prussia.