17th Air Army (17 VA) - The operational association of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the USSR , formed during the Great Patriotic War . Formed on November 15, 1942 on the basis of the Air Force of the South-Western Front .
| 17th Air Red Banner Army | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Years of existence | 1942 - 1992 |
| A country | the USSR |
| Subordination | Air Force Commander |
| Included in | Southwest front 3rd Ukrainian front |
| Type of | Air army |
| Dislocation | Kiev Military District (USSR) |
| Participation in | Battle of stalingrad Donbass operation (1943) Battle of Kursk Odessa offensive operation Iasi-Chisinau operation Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya operation Budapest operation Balaton Defensive Operation Vienna operation |
| Marks of Excellence |  |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | see list |
Title History
- Air Force of the South-Western Military District (04.21.1922 - 05.27.1922);
- Air Force of the Ukrainian Military District (05/27/1922 - 05/17/1935);
- Air Force of the Kiev Military District (05.17.1935 - 07.26.1938);
- Air Force of the Kiev Special Military District (07.26.1938 - 06.24.1941);
- Air Force of the South-Western Front (06.24.1941 - 11.15.1942);
- 17th Air Army [1]
- 69th Air Army (from 10.01.1949) [1]
- Air Force of the Kiev Military District (since April 1964) [1]
- 69th Air Army (from 04/04/1968) [1]
- 17th Air Army (from March 24, 1972) [1] [2]
- Air Force of the Kiev Military District (since June 1980) [1]
- 17th Air Army (since May 1988) [1]
- 17th Air Army of Ukraine (from January 01, 1992)
Battle Path
It was created by order of the NPO of the USSR of November 15, 1942 from the Air Force units of the South-Western Front . At the time of December of that year, it included 447 combat aircraft. [3] .
The 17th Air Army began the battle route from the Battle of Stalingrad , where, together with other parts of the front, it conducted successful military operations against the enemy - in particular, it successfully carried out an air blockade of the surrounded group of German troops. In January 1943, she took part in the Ostrogozh-Rossoshansk offensive operation and in oncoming battles. In parallel with combat sorties, army units were used to organize the provision of ground troops with fuel and ammunition. In the spring, instead of the departed parts, the 9th mixed air corps was included. After that, the army included 715 aircraft. She participated in an air operation to destroy German aviation at airfields in May 1943 .
She took part in the Battle of Kursk , acting together with units of the Voronezh Front . In August, she participated in battles in the right-bank Ukraine , west of Kharkov . Supported ground troops in the Donbass operation . In the fall, she supported the liberation of southern Ukraine and played a significant role in disrupting the plan of the German command to destroy the Dnieper Dam. In the spring of 1944, units of the 17th Air Army took part in the battles for the liberation of Odessa [4] .
The next important point on the military route is the participation in the Yasso-Chisinau offensive operation (August 1944), during which the territories of Moldova and Romania were liberated from German troops. After that, the army participated in the liberation of Bulgaria , Yugoslavia , Hungary , Austria ( Vienna and Grazko-Amstetten operations). In addition to the liberation of these countries from the German invaders, the 17th Air Army made a significant contribution to the formation and formation of two aviation divisions of the Yugoslav Air Force, and in general to the development of relations between the USSR and Yugoslavia [5] .
At the end of the war, the army took part in the battles in Hungary and Austria , ending its journey in Czechoslovakia .
During the war years, the personnel made more than 200 thousand sorties, 229 people received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union , many soldiers and officers were awarded medals and orders [6] .
In 1992, after the collapse of the USSR, it was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
In the army
The army was in the army during the Great Patriotic War [7] :
- from November 15, 1942 to May 9, 1945
Submission
| date | Front (district) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 11/15/1942 | Southwestern front | |
| 10.20.1943 | 3rd Ukrainian front | |
| 06/10/1945 | Southern Group of Forces | |
| 1947 | Kiev Military District | |
| 01/01/1992 | Ukraine | came under the jurisdiction of Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR |
Participation in battles and battles
- Battle of stalingrad
- Middle Don offensive operation
- Donbass operation (1943)
- Battle of Kursk
- Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya operation
- Odessa offensive operation
- Iasi-Chisinau operation
- Budapest operation
- Balaton Defensive Operation
- Vienna operation
Basing
During the Great Patriotic War as part of the South-Western Front , subsequently renamed the 3rd Ukrainian Front .
- 1945-1947 - Bucharest , Romania .
- 1947-1992 - Kiev and Kiev region , Ukrainian SSR .
Command
Commanders
- Aviation Lieutenant-General Stepan Akimovich Krasovsky 11/15/1942 - 03/26/1943
- Aviation Lieutenant-General Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets [8] 03/03/1943 - 02/02/1946
- Colonel General of Aviation Sergey Kondratievich Goryunov 05.1946 - 04.1949
- Aviation Lieutenant General Vasily Georgievich Ryazanov 04.1949 - 07.1951
- Colonel General of Aviation Sergey Kondratievich Goryunov 08.1951 - 08.1956
- Aviation Lieutenant General Dmitry Pavlovich Galunov 08.1956 - 10.1959
- Colonel General of Aviation Vasily Nikolaevich Bibikov 10.1959 - 12.1960
- Aviation Lieutenant General Vasily Artemovich Kolesnik 12.1960 - 04.1968
- Colonel General of Aviation Nikolai Mikhailovich Skomorokhov 04.1968 - 08.1973
- Colonel General of aviation Alexander Petrovich Andreev 08.1973 - 12.1979
- Colonel General of Aviation Valentin Epifanovich Pankin 12.1979 - 03.1985
- Aviation Lieutenant General Nikolai Petrovich Kryukov 10.1985 - 09.1990
- Aviation Lieutenant-General Konstantin Petrovich Morozov 09.1990 - 09.1991
- Major General of Aviation Anatoly Ivanovich Basov 12.1991 - 02.1992
Chiefs of Staff
- Colonel Konstantin Ivanovich Telnov 10.1942 - 08.1943
- Major General of Aviation Nikolai Georgievich Seleznev 02/17 - 06/22/1943
Members of the Military Council
- Major General Tolmachev, Victor Nikolaevich
Composition
The structure of the 17th Red Banner Air Army at different times included [9] [10] [11] [12] :
- 1st Mixed Aviation Corps
- 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps
- 9th Mixed Aviation Corps
- 189th Assault Aviation Division
- 221st Bomber Aviation Division
- 244th Bomber Aviation Division
- 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
- 282nd Fighter Aviation Division
- 288th Fighter Aviation Division
- 17th Separate Training Regiment
As of May 09, 1945, the 17th Red Banner Army included:
- 10th Assault Aviation Corps
- 136th Assault Aviation Division
- 306th Assault Aviation Division
- 244th Bomber Aviation Division
- 189th Assault Aviation Division
- 194th Fighter Aviation Division
- 288th Fighter Aviation Division
- 295th Fighter Aviation Division
- 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
- 39th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 96th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 227th Transport Aviation Regiment
- 282nd Aviation Communications Regiment (282th APS)
On June 10, 1945, in connection with the renaming of the 3rd Ukrainian Front as the Southern Group of Forces [13] , a new organizational and staff structure of the 17th Air Army was formed, which included formations and units of the 5th Air Army.
In the middle of 1945:
- 3rd Guards Assault Smolensk-Budapest Red Banner Aviation Corps (Arad, Romania), consisting of:
- 7th Guards Assault Debrecen Red Banner Aviation Division (Arad, Romania)
- 12th Guards Assault Aviation Division (Romania)
- 10th assault aviation corps consisting of:
- 136th Assault Aviation Division (Craiova, Romania)
- 189th Assault Aviation Division (Brasov, Romania)
- 306th Assault Aviation Division (Pleven, Bulgaria)
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Plovdiv. Bulgaria) consisting of:
- 13th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Plovdiv. Bulgaria)
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Plovdiv. Bulgaria)
- 194th Fighter Aviation Division (Romania)
- 288th Fighter Aviation Division (Romania)
- 295th Fighter Aviation Division (Bulgaria)
- 244th Bomber Aviation Division (Brasov, Romania)
- 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
- 39th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Dobrich, Bulgaria)
- 96th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 227th Transport Aviation Regiment
- 282nd Aviation Communications Regiment
In connection with the reduction in the number of troops and the reorganization in late 1945 and early 1946 by mid-1946, the army included:
- 3rd Guards Assault Smolensk-Budapest Red Banner Aviation Corps (Arad, Romania), consisting of:
- 7th Guards Assault Debrecen Red Banner Aviation Division (Arad, Romania)
- 12th Guards Assault Aviation Division (Romania)
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Plovdiv. Bulgaria) consisting of:
- 13th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Plovdiv. Bulgaria)
- 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Plovdiv. Bulgaria)
- 288th Fighter Aviation Division
- 244th Bomber Aviation Division (Brasov, Romania)
- 39th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Dobrich, Bulgaria)
- 96th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 227th Transport Aviation Regiment
Memory
- In the educational complex No. 90 of Odessa, the Museum of Military Glory of the 17th Air Army was created [14] . The museum has more than a thousand exhibits. Here are collected personal belongings of the army pilots, photographs, literature. A special place is occupied by capsules with the land of cities, which are awarded the title "Hero City". For many years, the museum’s curator on a voluntary basis is history teacher Tatyana Borisovna Rapay.
- On the Walk of Fame in Odessa, pilots of the 17th VA N.F. Krasnov , V.V. Mikryukov , I.S. Ulitin , V.K. Chugunov [15] .
- Former commander of the squadron of the 237th assault air regiment of the 305th assault air division of the 17th VA, Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Grigory Prokofievich Zhuchenko was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of the Hero City of Odessa" [16] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 V.V. Fishing. Air Army commanders. - M .: Patriot, 2006 .-- 390 p. - ISBN 978-570-30-0937-6 .
- ↑ V.I. Feskov , K.A. Kalashnikov , V.I. Golikov. The Soviet Army during the Cold War (1945-1991). - Popular science publication. - Publishing house of Tomsk University, 2004. - S. 135. - 246 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-7511-1819-7 .
- ↑ Archive of the USSR Ministry of Defense, f. 370, op. 6518, d.22, l. 6.
- ↑ MILITARY LITERATURE - [Military History] - Group of authors. 17th Air Army in battles from Stalingrad to Vienna
- ↑ MILITARY LITERATURE - [Military History] - Group of authors. 17th Air Army in battles from Stalingrad to Vienna
- ↑ 17th air army
- ↑ Collective of authors. List No. 2 of the directorates of the combined-arms, tank, air and combat armies, air defense armies, military districts and fleet control bodies that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / A. Grylev. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1973. - T. Directive of the General Staff of 1970 No. D-043. - 39 p.
- ↑ Order of the Deputy Minister of the USSR Armed Forces No. 02 of 04/02/1947 "On the announcement of the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 718-281C of 04/01/1946"
- ↑ Collective of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part II (January - December 1942) / Grylev A.N .. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1966. - 266 p.
- ↑ Collective of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part III. (January - December 1943) / G.T. Zavizion. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Order of the Red Banner of Labor Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1972. - 336 p.
- ↑ Collective of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part IV (January - December 1944) / P.A. Zhilin. - Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Historical and Archival Division of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. The Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1988 .-- 376 p.
- ↑ Collective of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part V. (January - September 1945) / M.A. Gareev. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Historical and Archival Division of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1990. - 216 p.
- ↑ VGK Headquarters Directive No. 11098 dated 05/29/1945
- ↑ The website of the newspaper of the city council "Odessa Herald", Odessa news, Odessa news today, the latest news from Odessa and the region, news of the day (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 17, 2015. Archived September 24, 2015.
- ↑ At the Eternal Flame. Collection of essays. - Odessa, Lighthouse, 1975 .-- 88 p.
- ↑ The main site in the city, news, poster, reviews
Literature
- V.I. Feskov , K.A. Kalashnikov , V.I. Golikov. The Soviet Army during the Cold War (1945-1991). - Popular science publication. - Publishing house of Tomsk University, 2004. - S. 135. - 246 p. - 500 copies. - ISBN 5-7511-1819-7 .
- V.V. Fishing. Air Army commanders. - M .: Patriot, 2006 .-- 390 p. - ISBN 978-570-30-0937-6 .
- I. G. Drogovoz. Air Shield of the Country of Soviets. - Minsk: Harvest LLC, 2007. - 448 p. - (Military Historical Library). - 5100 copies. - ISBN 978-975-13-9628-9 .
- Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part II (January - December 1942) / Grylev A.N .. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1966. - 266 p.
- Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part III. (January - December 1943) / G.T. Zavizion. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Order of the Red Banner of Labor Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1972. - 336 p.
- Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part IV (January - December 1944) / P.A. Zhilin. - Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Historical and Archival Division of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. The Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1988 .-- 376 p.
- Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part V. (January - September 1945) / M.A. Gareev. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Historical and Archival Division of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1990. - 216 p.