210th Fighter Aviation Division (2nd formation)

LaGG-3 fighter

210th Fighter Aviation Division

1st Guards Airplane Iap I-16

Formed by the Order of the NPO of the USSR on June 10, 1942 ^[1] on the basis of the Air Force Directorate of the 31st Army as the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 3rd Air Army of the Kalinin Front .

Title History

• Air Force Directorate of the 31st Army
• 210th Fighter Aviation Division
• 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division
• 3rd Guards Bryansk Fighter Aviation Division
• 3rd Guards Bryansk Red Banner Fighter Aviation Division
• 3rd Guards Bryansk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Division
• 3rd Guards Bryansk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Air Defense Fighter Division
• 98th Guards Bryansk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Air Defense Fighter Division

As part of the army ^[2] :

• from June 14, 1942 to October 31, 1942, a total of 139 days
• from December 6, 1942 to March 21, 1943, a total of 105 days

Total - 244 days

• Rzhev-Sychevskaya strategic offensive operation ^[3] from July 30, 1942 to October 1, 1942
• Velikiye Luki operation ^[3] from November 23, 1942 to March 18, 1943
• Demian operation ^[3] from February 15, 1943 to February 28, 1943

•   Aniskin Alexander Dmitrievich , senior lieutenant, senior pilot of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on February 22, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously
•   Garam Mikhail Alexandrovich , senior lieutenant, senior pilot of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on February 22, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 807
•   Grazhdaninov Pavel Andreevich , lieutenant, link commander of the 169th fighter aviation regiment of the 210th fighter aviation division of the 1st fighter aviation corps of the 3rd Air Army on May 01, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously
•   Kotov Alexander Grigoryevich , senior lieutenant, deputy squadron commander of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on February 22, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 813
•   Orekhov Vladimir Aleksandrovich , senior lieutenant, link commander of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on May 01, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 926
•   Savelyev Vasily Antonovich , senior lieutenant, commanding officer of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on May 01, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 934
•   Andrey Fedotov , Major, navigator of the 169th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on May 01, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 967
•   Aleksandr Ivanovich Khodzalov , lieutenant, deputy squadron commander of the 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 210th Fighter Aviation Division of the 1st Fighter Aviation Corps of the 3rd Air Army on May 01, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously

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• 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.
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