Born on April 19, 1922 in the city of Okhansk Perm Province in the workshop family. He graduated from 9 classes of school No. 23 in Simferopol and Aeroclub. Since 1939 in the ranks of the Red Army. In 1941 he graduated from the Kaczyn military aircraft school of pilots.

Since June 1941, Lady Lieutenant I. A. Shadakov in the existing army. In July 1941, he fought in the composition of the 126th IAP; in August 1941 - in the 402nd IAP; On October 1941 - in the 29th IAP; In January 1942, he was in the hospital; From May 1942 to March 1945 - in the 5th Guards IAP. He fought on West, Steppe, Kalininsky, south - western, 1st and 3rd Ukrainian fronts.

By July 1943, Deputy Commander of the Squadron of the 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (207th Fighter Aviation Division, 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps, 17th Air Army, South - West Front) Guard Senior Lieutenant I. A. Shadakov made 156 Martial departures, in 18 air battles shot down 16 opponent aircraft.

September 8, 1943 for courage and military valor shown in battles with enemies, awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union.

The first victory of the commander of the 3rd squadron of the 5th Guards IAP Guard Captain I. A. Shadakov won on March 14, 1945, on the day of departure to the Academy, knocking down on the cover of IL-2 fighter FW-190.

Total fulfilled more than 200 successful military departures, 20 enemy aircraft shot down in air battles.

After the end of the war, continued to serve in the Air Force. In 1949 he graduated from the Military Academy named after Zhukovsky. Since 1956, Guard Lieutenant Colonel I. A. Shadakov - in stock. He lived and worked in Simferopol. He died on August 2, 1982.

Awarded orders: Lenin, Red Banner (three times), Red Star (twice); medals.

The pupil of Simferopol Airlout Igor Shadakov after the end of the military school of pilots served in the construction part, deployed north-west of Brest.

One of the first to the regiment he met the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in the air. Leaving together with land parts to the east, I learned and bitter the retreat and the resistant defense of our troops near Moscow. Here, on distant approaches to the capital, in brutal air battles with selected fascist pilots multiplied the fame of the 5th Guards Regiment. Singing fascist aircraft near Smolensk, Demyansky, Yellowee, Yarevian, Great Luki, Old Russa and Rzhev, storming enemy airfields, argued their loyalty to military duty.

Greater help received shards from their senior mentors - Captains of Vasily found and Vasily Efremova. These pilots were commander of the squadron - educators and teachers of young air fighters.

Efremova Shadakov learned to a strict calculation and discipline in battle, adopted demanding and attentiveness to subordinate, and most importantly, to himself. It was always tidy, pulled up, always answered concisely - words he also saved, as shells in battle.

It opened his battle account in the first days of the war. Then he was an ordinary pilot. By the summer of 1943, he became the deputy commander of the squadron, the cavalier of 3 orders of the Red Banner.

First combat award He received for combat work on the West and Kalinin fronts. The second and third orders of the Red Banner were awarded for 9 shot down aircraft on the south - West Front.

August 1942 turned out to be significant for the 5th Guards Regiment. Quickly grew by the scorch of shot down aircraft. Grew up and the skill of pilots. On August 30, 2 Pyats Lagg-3, headed by Vasily Grnevoy and Igor Shadakov, met the mixed group of bombers: 8 JU-87, 6 JU-88, 4 DO-215 under the cover of 8 me-109.

The mixed group of bombers once again argued that the fascists had a "lightning" offensive. The war was protracted, they lost a lot of cars, so they are forced to send airplanes of different types, with different speeds of flight. It immediately defined Vasily Grinev. First of all, you need to attack DO-215. They are small. After leaving the attack you should do JU-87. You can not pass to the front line and JU-88.

Planning mentally, the commander of the group began to exercise it with all determination. So Grigory Inyakin knocked down DO-215. Shardakov managed to go to the JU-87 and struck him with the go. His example followed Nikolai Makarenko, skillfully destroying the second JU-87. But the JU-88 turned out to be stronger nuts. They can be seen, there were experienced pilots: set up closer to each other in order to strengthen the density of the fire of their aerial shooters. And yet Greenwood and Lavrenko managed to knock down one JU-88 bombarder.

Troika M-109 from different sides attacked the Makarenko plane. Shards bursting into the cabin Lagg-3 enemy shells cut off the control knob, wounded the pilot. I had to get rid of parachute. When the silk dome was filled with air, Makarenko tried to slip off, but he failed to tighten the slings with the wounded hands - he did not have enough strength. After landing on the forefront, our soldiers ran up to Makarenko and on the cloak - the tent dragged him to the ravine, then immersed on the bark and taken to the dugout, where they provided the first help ...

Once, our pilots shot down the German Asa - Lieutenant Colonel. At the interrogation, he stated that a specially prepared group of pilots who had extensive experience in conducting air fighting in the sky of France, Belgium and Norway was held at this section of the front from the Berlin School of Supreme Pilotage and Air Fight. The fascist Aces behaved in the air self-confidently, acutely acted.

Vasilia Zaitsev wanted to meet with them, silently forces, to prove that "Russian Prusskiki always beat." In the evening, Zaitsev and Commissioner Shelf held a meeting about the upcoming battle. The best, most experienced pilots went with the commander. Among them are 5 heroes of the Soviet Union: Vasily Efremov, Grigory Onufrienko, Alexander Kondratyuk, Pavel Sandas. The leading group was Vasily Zaitsev himself.

Another day, barely just took up the dawn, the guards arrived at the airfield and were separated by cars. Safding on the plane, the hares with a smile looked at his eagles. He first launched the engine, checked his work at maximum revolutions, then gave the command to remove the pads.

Rose into the air. Approached the front line. Vacuated for 2 fourths, they reached the outskirts of the Russian city. Downstairs were smoking ruins, on the calm surface of the Volga, then the foam sultans got up: the Germans fired through the crossing. And here, as if in a persuade, Sixer Me-109 appeared in the sky. For the team in Zaitsev, the four of the aircraft, who went behind him in the first echelon, rushed to the Germans. Those sharply went up to take a favorable position for themselves. But it was not there! Zaitsev and Efremov caught up with such a speed, which not expected arrogant aces. Two "Messera" immediately fell under the fire of machine guns and guns of our pilots. Enemy aircraft fell, embraced by a flame.

Fascists called 10 "Messers" to the rescue. A fierce fake has faced. Mutual attacks followed one after another. In the air, a carousel of 22 cars was formed. During the battle, 2 of our aircraft were chopped, and the pilots were injured. They left unmanaged cars and dropped on parachutes. Now only 6 Soviet remained against 14 German aircraft. But the guardsmen did not think to retreat. Zaitsev confidently led the battle, commanded, directed. As always in the moments of extreme danger, Vasily covered the feeling of bumps of courage, a passionate desire to defeat as far as anything. So he rushed to towards the German ACU. The mature fascist wolf, apparently, decided to take a frontal attack and also kept the course for Zaitsev. Airplanes with the roar rushed to each other. Closer closer ...

It was already a fight of nerves. At the very last moment when the disaster seemed already inevitable, the German plane changed dramatically. Zaitsev without a delay I sewed the "messerschmitt" by a machine-gun-gun-maidal queue. The plane of the Berlin ACA was tilted. The pilot tried to restore the horizontal flight. But, having received an extra issue, Messer caught fire and began to fall on a neutral strip. The volley of the reactive mortars covered it.

And the fight continued. Attacks, fire, Röv Motors. Another aircraft missed the enemy. The surviving German pilots hastily began to go out of the battle, surprised behind the front line.

The power management of the Air Force has released a leaflet describing the details and the results of this battle. And some time later, Laveykin's pilots, novels and shards were shot down by one me-109 from the group of fascist Asov.

"Command of the Air Force and the Ground Forces of the Kalinin Front, the combat work of our flight units assesses as excellent. Combat assignment during the day is performed on excellent, for which leading groups of Tov. Zaitsev, Efremov, Shardakov, Balaluyev, Fedorov, Razorovna, Damn and all personnel, Participated in combat work, declare thanks. "

On December 15, 1942, the 5th Guards JaP, as part of the 207th Fighter Aviation Division of the 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps of the 17th Air Army, began fighting in the middle radiation of Don. December 16, the troops south - Western Front Switched to the offensive. In the first hours of operation, aviation could not support the troops, which, having met the opponent opponent's resistance, was moved slowly. But in the middle of the day, when the squadrons of attack aircraft and bombers under the cover of the fighters, bombing strikes on the defense of the enemy and his rear was wrapped.

Together with the ground parts of the 1st Guards Army, the 6th Army, the 4th Guards Tank Corps of the South-Western Front, the regiment took part in the defeat of the troops of German - Italian armies on average don, as well as in the air blockade of surrounded grouping in the Stalingrad region . In the 207th Fighter Airlines, except for the 5th Guards IAP, included another 2 fighter regiment on the "Yaki". They were headed by experienced commanders M. V. Kuznetsov and S. L. Indyk. Later, these shelves became 106th and 107th guards.

The first in the regiment of the score of a shot down enemy aircraft on the south-western front opened the Guard Senior Lieutenant Igor Shadakov. Having met when patrolling in the area of \u200b\u200bNew Kalitva 4 Me-109, he boldly attacked the leading group. The rest tied the fight Vitaly Popkov and Nikolai Makarenko. After the first mark of Attack Shardakov, an enemy aircraft at an altitude of 300 meters turned over to the back and crashed into the ground. Fearing to divide the fate of the lead, the rest of the me-109 drew.

On January 4, 1943, the regiment commander ordered Igor Shadakov and recently arrived in the regiment to the young pilot Lieutenant Peter Borsuk to overtake 2 aircraft from the rear airfield at the Radchensky airfield. In the morning of January 5, they flew to La-5. But the receivers on the radio wave specified for this day were not configured, the flight was continued without doubtfulness. In the area of \u200b\u200bBoguchar at a high altitude, 2 Me-109 was associated at a high height, which, when approaching our airfield, hiding behind the sun, began to go to the tail of the plane of Lieutenant Borsuk for attack. And when Shadakov has already landed, on the air from the ground radio station immediately suffered a warning of the pilot about the danger threatening. Anxiety went to take up 2 pairs of duty aircraft. But ... it was too late. Attack on the sun side, behind, on the right of the dive was a vehicle, our plane caught fire. The flame swelled on the motor and the cabin.

"Lavochkin" collapsed on the eastern outskirts of the village. The explosion of benzobakov raised up the pillars of a thick black smoke, which is immediately the challenges with a clean sky. It was impossible to come close to the place of fire, than 15-20 steps. Fire drove, shells rushed. Finally, it was possible to extract the charred body of Peter Borsuk with great difficulty.

On the same day, the commander of the Zaitsev regiment lived for a long time with everyone, analyzing the reasons for the tragic death of the pilot. Disassembled various ways to observe the air situation when following the goal, when conducting group combat, when leaving it and return to the airfield. I warned that the most dangerous for the air fighter is inappropriate. There are people who bravely fight, skillfully maneuver in air battle, the opponent's opponents are not accustomed. But the battle ends, the enemy runs, and the young pilot, burned by the victory, forgets about caution. Only this and waiting for the fascist "hunter." Coming out of the battle and hiding in the clouds, he is looking for a case to "from behind the corner" to hit the one from whom he just fled. We must be ready for any minute to a meeting with the enemy. An experienced fighter feels in flight the entire depth of the sky, as they say, sees for all 360 degrees. Then he can take a reasonable decision in a timely manner, to prevent a sudden attack.

Who does not know how to see in the air, he is not a fighter, but a flying target, - the detailed analysis ended with these words.

The death of Peter Borsuk taught the pilots a lot, served as a lesson not only the shelf, but also the Division. And for a long time I remember everyone.

On February 11, the Soviet tanks with the move occupied an important knot of railway and highways Krasnoarmeyskoye, and parts of the 1st Guards Army entered the city of Red Liman. On the right flank of the front, our troops, hacking the defense, advanced 250 kilometers forward. Advanced parts of the front reached Dnepropetrovsk and Sinelnikovo.

For 3 - 4 combat departures, our pilots were made daily, provided with the cover of terrestrial troops, assault and bombardment aircraft. In the battle for the Donbass, there were air battles daily, and each time they went out winners. In total, 39 opponent aircraft were shot down.

On February 4, the four of La-5 with the leading Shadakov, covering the crossing over the river North Donets in the area of \u200b\u200bZwanovka, met 6 German bombers. The pilots were safely attacked by non-111, broke the unit, and then began to destroy them alone. Two shot down. Guard Lieutenant Kildyushev, pursuing one, continuously attacked him, he lit up the motors several times, but the fascist managed to knock down the flame. Fascinating, Guardian drove the enemy far beyond the front line. "Heinkel-111", smoking engines, moved to a shaving flight. With the 4th attack, the bombs dropped to get away from the fighter. Kildyushev hung on the tail of non-111, he repeated all his maneuvers, shelling short queues. He killed the arrow, then the navigator. Continuing pursuit, once again pressed the gay. However, the cannon shots did not follow: the ammunition is over. Then the Guardian destroyed the enemy with a shuffle. The same evening of his, Komsomol, Natives of Kuban, took the party candidates. By this time, Guard Lieutenant Kildyushev spent 10 air BoardBy knocking up 6 opponent aircraft.

On August 5, 1943, the first artillery salute was thundered in the capital of our Motherland in honor of the warriors who liberated Belgorod and Eagle. On the same day, the Corps Commander General Aladinsky arrived in the 5th Guards Avapolk, in order to give the ordinance of the Order of the Order and the medals. On the right flank building a little sneezing, the Scarlet Plotnik, who has been turned out to be a glory guards banner. The first one receives the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree Deputy Commander Shelf by Politchasti. I. Shardakov's pilots, A. Masterkovo and V. Popkov awarded at once 2 orders. I. Laveykin, N. Dmitriev, A. Belyakov, I. Lavrenko, N. Grigoriev, P. Gorbatov, V. Komarov and others. Only 35 people received government awards on this day. The father-General hugged awarded, wished to each of their new success in combat work.

Shadakov was not only a master of air combat. It was also a born scout: no wonder he was called "the eyes of the regiment." The task for the execution of the exploration flight was ordained, as a rule, experienced pilots, with good flight preparation, developed by the smell. Intelligence in the enemy rear have to meet with the enemy fighters. It is important here, without getting involved in battle, tear away from them or bypass the parties to certainly fulfill the assigned task.

Intelligence objects are often covered with strong anti-aircraft fire, and the pilot has to break through the dense fiery barrier. Shardakov got somehow in the zone of strong fire of the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery. It seemed from the fiery hell no longer get out. He helped his trick. Pretending that the car is chopped, he from a height of 2000 meters went down. It was out of the peer at an altitude of 150 meters. The enemy anti-aircrafts stopped the fire, and Shadakov had safely gone on a shaking flight.

Especially dangerous aerial reconnaissance with photographing of enemy airfields and advanced: the height is strictly given, the speed is constant, the course is certain. Under these conditions, the intelligence is a good target. And it's not by chance that it will shoot it to shoot each, who neither laziness. Knowing the restrictions imposed on the intelligence flight, any fascist fighter is not averse to entering it into battle.

The work of the air scout hard and complicated. And not every good fighter can be a good intelligence. After all, he can be able to finely fly a car, masterfully and boldly rushed into battle. Scout is obliged to have sharp eyes, notice everything that makes the enemy, recognize his intentions, solve his maneuver.

Here is just one example. One day, Shardakov set the task to photograph two opponent airfields. This means, it was necessary to go on targets at a low height, with constant speed and course. And such a plane is the best target for Zenitchikov.

She covered the Shardakov link Lagg-3. At an altitude of 3000 meters, our pilots went around the Germans grouping from the north, then crossed the front line to the left turn with a decrease. Another approach to the goal of sharkakov decreased to a given height, installed the course and speed for photographing. Three his comrades went higher, protecting the scout from the attacks of the enemy fighters.

In the air calmly. Zenitics at the airfield are also silent. The pilot turned on the camera. Each second - dozens of personnel. But the enemy came to life - the anti-aircraft guns of different calibers were glad. Shells are rushing nearby. A lot of them...

Imagine a minute of one fighter forced without maneuver to fly among dozens of breaks at the set altitude, speed and course. Would turn to him a little away from the fire track, and it would be good; Or to hit by an enemy battery ... But it is impossible to do this: the planned shooting requires a strictly installed flight mode. It is necessary for anything to wait a little - another 5 seconds. And black gap caps with a dense ring surround the aircraft. Seconds seem to eternity. But even in eternity there is an end, shards with a sharp right turn with a decline coming out of the shelling zone and takes the course to the next airfield.

Here the picture is repeated again: again the specified course, height, speed, again the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, hurricane. How will it be able to get out of this pitch hell, he knows one. When a rupture of one of the shells, the Khardakov plane was found by a hail of Rassed fragments. "Lavochkin" shook greatly. But the pilot with an amazing extraordinary composure was photographing. His arms and legs continued to hold the car at the exactly given course. Red and purple balls of "erlikonov", as if beads, one after another fled in his direction. Some have passed quite close. Extended our pilot. The task is done, it's time to go home ... Airplanes at maximum speed rush to the base. There they are waiting for them. So the airfield. Shardakov sits first, the rest provide its landing from sudden attacks of enemy fighters.

There were more than 30 fragmentation slippers in the planes and the fuels of the fighter-scout.

It will take place a little time, and film shifters will not only calculate the number and types of aircraft, trenches, dots, but also transfer their locations to large-scale maps, which will then be transferred to the fighter, assault and bombarding parts.

Shardakov managed to bring such wonderful frames as professional photo studies could envy the quality of his pictures. And now, pulling out your streaming card, Igor reports in detail the head of the headquarters of the regiment Kalashnikov everything that he managed to see with his own eyes. Head of the headquarters is pleased. Having made the last abbreviated entries in notepad, he praised Shardakov and concluded: "Eagle your eyes, comrade senior lieutenant." And with this definition it was impossible to disagree.

"As one of the best pilots, Shardakov regiment entrusted the most complex tasks By storming and sinking opponent airfields. As a rule, on the tasks, he walked the leading group and caused a big damage to the enemy by his competent actions ... " - so characterized by sharks when presenting it to higher award - The title of the Hero of the Soviet Union.

September 8, 1943, on the day of the liberation of the Donetsk Basin from German - fascist invaders, the voice of the speaker brought on the radio joyful news: "For the exemplary execution of the tasks of command at the front of the fight against the German invaders and the head of the Soviet Union manifest the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union with the presentation of the Order of Lenin and the medal" Golden Star "Guard Lieutenants Popkov V. I. , Sytov I. N., Guard Senior Lieutenant Shadakov I. A. "

On August 31, 1944, the Guard Captain Shadakov, headed by La-5, covered IL-2 attack aircraft operating on the Sandomira bridgehead. The goal of the cloud appeared 4 Me-109. One of them, without thinking, went to the attack on the attacks. Shardakov in a pair with Trutnev kept sharply turned their cars to stop the intention of the fascists. Here the distance has decreased to 200 meters. The enemy noticed an overlooking threat and introduced his fighter into the so-called "royal" martial turn, which only Assa owned. "Lavochkins" relentlessly pursued him, and when Messerschmitt was in a position up the wheels, shards from the vertical gave a short queue. The flurry of the fire fell on Me-109. On his motor hood, several cannon shells broke. Coming out of the combat reversal, our couple rushed to the frontal attack on the remaining enemy cars, but they were retracted to the clouds.

When our fighters returned to the airfield, Shadakov gathered pilots and briefly disassembled the results of combat departure. Captain Grigory Yakovlev approached the deputy chief of the headquarters of the regiment on the operational part. He recorded everything heard in the notebook to then report to the division headquarters. Under the end asked Shardakov.

And what happened to the me-109, which you attacked?

Unfortunately, I did not see. But the pilot Polunin confirms that Messerschmitt was shot down. Yes, you yourself ask him.

So they reported to the division that one "Messer" attacked in the battle of Shadakov, but did not observe the result.

It was on August 31, and on September 4, during dinner, the trophy was delivered to the dining room - a fascist pilot. As it turned out, one of the guns of Shadakov fell into the fuel tank, the plane caught fire. The fascist left the car on his last "royal" reversal ...

On February 11, 1945, Sixer of "Lavochkoy" - Leading Shardakov, Pavel Polel's pilots, Ivan Artamonov, Mikhail Podgorny, Alexander Buzunkin and Dmitry Shtokolov - successfully passed enemy aircraft at the airfield Schorttau. There were 3 large explosions, 1 plane caught fire, more than 10 was damaged.

On March 14, the pilots accompanied to the Academy of the commander of the 3rd squadron captain Shardakov. It was at noon. And in the morning, when the gymnasts in my pocket had already lay the direction, he fleed to say goodbye to the sky of war. Heading the Fourth of La-5, accompanied the IL-2 group to storm the strengthening of the enemy and knocked his last, 20th in the score, an enemy aircraft.

The number of aircraft shot down by I. A. Shadakov, in various sources is interpreted in different ways. Most of the Soviet times editions, as well as N. G. Bodrichin, indicate 20 personal and 6 group victories in 483 combat departures and 80 air battles. M. Yu. Bykov in their research indicates 16 personal and 2 group victories of a pilot, in 200 combat departures and 25 air battles.

The list of all famous victories Guard Captain I. A. Shadakakova:
(From the book M. Yu. Bykov - "Victory Stalinist Sokolov". Publishing house "Yauza - Eksmo", 2008.)