3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps ( 3rd Guards. Iak ) - a connection of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Red Army, which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Yassky Red BannerOrder of the Suvorov Corps | |
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| Awards |    |
| Honorary Items | Yassky |
| Troops | Air force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 07/02/1944 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 01/10/1949 |
| Predecessor | 4th Fighter Aviation Corps |
| Successor | 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps |
| Battle way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1944 - 1945):
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Case Name History
- 4th Fighter Aviation Corps ;
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps;
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Yassky Corps;
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Yassky Red Banner Corps;
- 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Yas Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Corps;
- 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Yas Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Corps ;
- 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Yassky Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Corps ;
- 16th Guards Yasskaya Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Division (04.1960);
- 16th Separate Guards Yasskaya Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Division (1980);
- 50th separate guard Yassky Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Corps (02.02.1986);
- 50th Guards Yassky Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Corps (01.25.1989);
- 26th Guards Yasskaya Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Division (12/01/1998);
- 10th Guards Yasskaya Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Brigade (2009);
- Military unit (Field mail) 40882 (until 1980);
- Military Unit (Field Mail) 95002 (after 1980);
- Military Unit (Field Mail) 07172 (02/02/1986).
Case History
The 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps was formed by order of the USSR NPO July 2, 1944 by renaming from the 4th Fighter Aviation Corps [1] .
The corps covered the troops and airfields of the Voronezh , then the Steppe (from October 20, 1943 - 2nd Ukrainian ) fronts in the Battle of Kursk , the Battle of the Dnieper , during the liberation of Right-Bank Ukraine, in Yasso-Chisinau, Debrecen, Budapest, Vienna and Prague offensive operations.
In August 1944, the corps participated in the Iasi-Chisinau offensive operation. For the differences in battles during the capture of the troops of the front of the city of Iasi (August 21), he was awarded the honorary name of Iasi (September 15, 1944). In October 1944 - February 1945, the corps took part in the Debrecen and Budapest offensive operations, during which it successfully covered mainly the formations of the 1st Horse-Mechanized (since January 26, 1945, the 1st Guards Horse-Mechanized) group of the 2nd Ukrainian front.
In the Balaton operation, in cooperation with the fighter aviation units of the 17th Air Army, it reliably protected the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front from attacks by enemy aircraft when they repelled an enemy counter-attack. The corps conducted successful air battles with enemy aircraft in March - April in Vienna , and in May in Prague offensive operations.
Participation in operations and battles
Corps commander I. Taranenko
- Yasso-Chisinau operation from August 20, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
- The Belgrade operation from September 28, 1944 to October 20, 1944.
- Debrecen operation from October 6, 1944 to October 28, 1944.
- The Budapest operation from October 29, 1944 to February 13, 1945.
- The Western Carpathian operation from January 12, 1945 to February 18, 1945.
- The Balaton operation from March 6, 1945 to March 15, 1945.
- Bratislava-Brnovsk offensive operation from March 25, 1943 to May 5, 1945.
- Prague operation from May 6, 1945 to May 11, 1945.
For the exemplary performance of command tasks in battles with German troops during the liberation of Czechoslovakia, he was awarded the Orders of Suvorov 2nd degree (May 17, 1945) and the Red Banner (June 4, 1945). During the war years, corps connections made over 41 thousand sorties and destroyed more than 2 thousand enemy planes. For military exploits, several thousand of his soldiers were awarded orders and medals, and 46 of them were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
In the army
As part of the army, the corps was 314 days [2] :
- from July 2, 1944 to May 11, 1945.
Pro-War Corps History
The 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Yas Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Corps on January 10, 1949 was renamed the 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Yas Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Corps [3] .
In April 1960, the corps in connection with the reorganization of the Armed Forces was reorganized in accordance with the Law of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR “On a New Significant Reduction of the USSR Armed Forces” dated 01.15.1960 to the 16th Guards Yas Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Division . At the same time, the corps regiments were included in the new division:
- 66th Fighter Aviation Allenstein Order of Suvorov Air Defense Regiment ( Jebel , Ashkhabad region , Turkmen SSR , MiG-17 );
- 177th Guards Fighter Aviation Debrecen Order of Suvorov Air Defense Regiment (Yangadzha, Turkmen SSR , MiG-17 );
- 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Transylvanian Order of the Suvorov Air Defense Regiment ( Krasnovodsk , Turkmen SSR , MiG-17 );
- 364th Air Defense Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Nebit-Dag , Ashgabat Oblast , Turkmen SSR , MiG-17 ).
In subsequent years, the 66th and 177th Guards fighter aviation regiments were disbanded as part of the division.
Corps commanders
- Major General of Aviation Podgorny Ivan Dmitrievich , period of office from July 2, 1944 to September 13, 1945 [4]
- Aviation Lieutenant General Podgorny Ivan Dmitrievich , period of office from September 13, 1944 to May 11, 1945 [4]
- Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Taranenko Ivan Andreevich [5] . Period of office: from February 1947 to January 1949
- Major General of Aviation Dodonov Valentin Yakovlevich [6] . Period of office: from December 1951 to March 1957.
As part of associations
| Union | Period |
|---|---|
| 5th Air Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front | 07/02/1944 - 08/01/1945 |
| 17th Air Army Southern Group of Forces | 08/01/1945 - 10/01/1947 |
| 7th Air Army Transcaucasian Military District | 10/01/1947 - 01/10/1949 |
Units, units, and individual units of the corps
The combat structure on July 01, 1944
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The combat structure on July 03, 1944
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Statistics of completed combat missions
During the offensive operations of the troops in the Iasi-Chisinau directions, corps pilots from August 20 to September 05, 1944 produced: [10]
| sorties | made a raid | conducted air battles |
|---|---|---|
| 2043 | 2198 hours | 47 |
As a result of hostilities, the corps was destroyed and damaged during the ground attack of the encircled enemy group [10]
| wagons | motor vehicles | freight wagon | enemy planes shot down | destroyed aircraft at enemy airfields |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 141 | 410 | 99 | 12 |
Total over the war years
| made sorties | destroyed enemy aircraft |
|---|---|
| more than 41,000 | more than 2,000 |
Honorary Names
- The 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps was given the honorary name Yassky [11]
- The 14th Guards Kirovograd Red Banner Order of Suvorov, II degree, fighter aviation division was awarded the honorary name Budapest [12]
- The 150th Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment was given the honorary name "Bratislava" [13]
- The 151st Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment was given the honorary name "Vienna" [14]
- The 177th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was given the honorary name "Debrecen" [15]
- The 179th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was given the honorary name Transylvanian [16]
Rewards
- The 13th Guards Poltava-Alexandria Fighter Aviation Division was awarded the Order of Kutuzov of the 2nd degree by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 29, 1944
- The 13th Guards Poltava-Alexandria Order of Kutuzov, II degree, fighter aviation division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 7, 1945
- The 14th Guards Kirovograd Fighter Aviation Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov of the II degree by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 29, 1944
- The 14th Guards Order of the Suvorov Kirovograd II Degree Fighter Aviation Division by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 14, 1944 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner
- The 149th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 5, 1945
- He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 6, 1945. The 150th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
- The 151st Vienna Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 4, 1945 was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky II degree
- The 177th Guards Debrecen Fighter Aviation Regiment was awarded the Order of Suvorov of the 3rd degree by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 26, 1945
- The 178th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated November 14, 1944 was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky II degree
- The 178th Guards Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class, fighter aviation regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 17, 1945
- The 179th Guards Transylvanian Fighter Aviation Regiment was awarded the Order of Suvorov of the 3rd degree by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 26, 1945
Heroes of the Soviet Union
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to 46 pilots who fought in the corps.
Heroes of the Soviet Union
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Basing
| Period | Airdromes |
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| 10.1947 - 04/01/1960 | Krasnovodsk, Turkmenistan |
See also
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Aviation corps
Notes
- ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR No. 0178 of July 2, 1944
- ↑ Collective of authors. List No. 4 of the departments of the corps that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Pokrovsky. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 151 p.
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff No. org / 1/120016 of January 10, 1949
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Collective of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 2. - S. 406 - 408. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
- ↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014.- T. 2. - S. 840 - 842. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- ↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 529-531. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part IV (January - December 1944). Moscow. Military publishing house. 1988 - 376 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Error in footnotes ? : Invalid
<ref>; no reference forPerreferences - ↑ 1 2 3 List No. 4 of the corps administrations that were part of the Army in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Moscow. 1956 year
- ↑ 1 2 Presentation for awarding the Order of Kutuzov II degree Corps Commander I. D. Podgorny
- ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR of September 15, 1944 on the basis of the Order of the Higher Military Commission No. 168 of August 22, 1944
- ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR of April 5, 1945 on the basis of the Order of the Higher Military Commission No. 277 of February 13, 1945
- ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR No. 083 of May 7, 1945 on the basis of the order of the Supreme High Command No. 330 of April 4, 1945
- ↑ Order of Non-Commercial Organizations No. 085 of May 17, 1945 on the basis of the Order of the Higher Military Commission No. 334 of April 13, 1945
- ↑ Order of the NCO No. 0366 of November 4, 1944 on the basis of the Order of the Higher Military Commission No. 199 of October 20, 1944
- ↑ Order of Non-Commercial Organizations No. 0368 of November 11, 1944 on the basis of the Order of the Higher Military Commission No. 204 of October 25, 1944
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Links
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
- Heroes of World War II
- Air force
- The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
- World War II Aviators
- “The Liberation of Cities: A Guide to the Liberation of Cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” / M. L. Dudarenko, Yu. G. Pereshny, V. T. Eliseev and others - M.: Military Publishing House, 1985. - 598 p. Electronic version