1st Guards Long-Range Aviation Corps

• 1st Guards Long-Range Aviation Corps;
• 1st Guards Aviation Smolensky Long-Range Corps;
• 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Smolensk Corps ;
• 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Smolensk-Berlin Corps ;
• 51st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Smolensk-Berlin Corps .

The corps was created on May 20, 1943 pursuant to the Decree of the State Defense Committee No. GKO-3275ss of April 30, 1943 ^[1]

1. To reduce the air divisions of the 90-aircraft composition available in aviation DD to 60-aircraft composition and to form from them the aviation corps of the DD, 2 air divisions in each case.
3. Airborne Corps DD, formed from the Guard Air Division - assign the title of Guard Air Corps DD. ...
4. To form by June 1, 1943: 1 DD Guards Air Corps (on IL-4 aircraft)
6. Appoint: Commander of the 1st Guards Air Corps DD - Major General Aviation Comrade. Yukhanova ... "

- Decree of GKO No. GKO-3275ss of April 30, 1943

On December 31, 1944, the 1st Guards Aviation Smolensky Long-Range Corps was transformed into the 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Smolensky Corps .

As part of the army:

• from May 22, 1943 to December 31, 1944 ^[2] , a total of 590 days

• Major General Aviation Yukhanov Dmitry Petrovich ^[3] . Period of office: from May 20, 1943 to August 19, 1944
• Lieutenant General of Aviation Yukhanov Dmitry Petrovich ^[3] . Period of office: from August 19, 1944 to December 19, 1944
• aviation lieutenant general Tupikov Georgy Nikolaevich ^[4] . Period of office: from December 20, 1944 to December 31, 1944.

• 1st Guards Long-Range Aviation Division
  • 2nd Guards Aviation Smolensk Long-Range Regiment ( B-25 )
  • 16th Guards Aviation Long-Range Riga Regiment ( IL-4 )
• 6th Guards Aviation Long-Range Stalingrad Division
  • 6th Guards Aviation Bryansk Red Banner Long-Range Regiment ( IL-4 )
  • 17th Guards Aviation Roslavl Long-Range Regiment ( IL-4 )
  • 326th Long-Range Aviation Regiment ( Yer-2 )

• Oryol operation "Kutuzov" ^[3] - from July 12, 1943 to August 18, 1943.
• Smolensk-Roslavl operation ^[3] - from September 15, 1943 to October 2, 1943.
• Leningrad-Novgorod operation ^[3] - from January 14, 1944 to March 1, 1944.
• The air operation against Finland - from February 6, 1944 to February 27, 1944.
• Vitebsk-Orsha operation ^[3] - from June 23, 1944 to June 28, 1944.
• The Belarusian operation "Bagration" ^[3] - from June 23, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
• The Minsk operation ^[3] - from June 29, 1944 to July 4, 1944.
• Polotsk operation ^[3] - from June 29, 1944 to July 4, 1944.
• Vilnius operation ^[3] - from July 5, 1944 to July 20, 1944.
• Riga operation ^[3] - from September 14, 1944 to October 22, 1944.
• Tallinn operation ^[3] - from September 17, 1944 to September 26, 1944.

• On May 27, 1944, the 1st Guards Long-Range Aviation Corps was given the honorary name Smolensky ^[5] .
• The 1st Guards Long-Range Aviation Division was awarded the honorary name Orlovskaya for distinctions in battles during the Oryol operation ^[5] .
• September 2, 1943, on the basis of the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief for distinctions in battles during the crossing of the Dnieper River and the assault on the cities of Smolensk , the most important strategic center of the German defense in the western direction, and Roslavl , the operational important communications center and powerful support the German defense point in the Mogilev direction was given the honorary name Smolensky ^[6] .
• The 6th Guards Long-Range Aviation Division on May 27, 1944, was awarded the honorary name "Stalingrad" for differences in battles in the Battle of Stalingrad ^[5] .
• On May 27, 1944, the 6th Guards Aviation Regiment of Long Range was awarded the honorary name Bryansky for differences in battles ^[5] .
• On October 31, 1944, the 16th Guards Aviation Regiment of long-range for the difference in the battles during the seizure of the capital of Soviet Latvia, the city of Riga - an important naval base and a powerful German defense center in the Baltic on the basis of the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was awarded the honorary name "Riga" ^[7] .
• On September 25, 1943, on the orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief for distinctions in the battles during the crossing of the Dnieper River and the assault on the cities of Smolensk , the most important strategic center of the German defense in the western direction, and Roslavl , the operational important communications center and powerful support, on the 17th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment on September 25, 1943 the German defense point in the Mogilev direction was given the honorary name Roslavlsky ^[6] .

For 1944, the corps ^[8] , operating at night on IL-4 aircraft, participated in military operations on all fronts, as well as in long-range missions: Berlin , Danzig , Koenigsberg , Budapest and others. The intensity of the sorties and the combat result of the bombing strikes were satisfactory. For 1944, the building completed:

Thanks to the Supreme Commander:

• For breaking the German defenses in the Bobruisk direction, southwest of the city of Zhlobin and north of the city of Rogachev ^[9] .
• In contrast to the battles during the seizure of the capital of Soviet Latvia, the city of Riga - an important naval base and a powerful German defense hub in the Baltic states ^[7] .

• List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II

• Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 2. - S. 439. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
• Team of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 428-430. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .

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• World War II Aviators
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