3rd Guards Bomber Air Corps (Long-Range Aviation)

3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps
3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps
Awards
Honorary titles	Stalingrad
Troops	Air Force
Type of army	long-range bomber aircraft
Formation	23.12. 1944
Disbanding (transformation)	01.08. 1956
Predecessor	7th Aviation Bryansk long-range corps
Successor	79th Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Corps
Fighting way
	Great Patriotic War (1944 - 1945): Königsberg operation; Vistula-Oder strategic offensive operation; Berlin offensive;

The 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Corps ( 3rd Guards Tank ) - a compound of the Air Forces of the Red Army that took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .

Content

Chassis Names

Aircraft body Li-2DB

7th long-range aviation corps ;
7th Aviation Bryansk long-range corps ;
3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Corps;
79th Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Corps ;
79th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Corps ;
The military unit (Field Post) 21230.

Corps Battle Path

3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Corps Directive of the General Staff No. Org.10 / 315706 formed December 26, 1944 by converting the 7th Aviation Bryansk long-range corps ^[1] ^[2] .

At the final stage of the war in 1945, the corps participated in the rout of the enemy near Königsberg , on the Kystrin bridgehead and in the Berlin offensive operation.

Participation in operations and battles

The Koenigsberg operation ^[2] - from April 6, 1945 to April 9, 1945.
The Vistula-Oder strategic offensive operation ^[2] - from January 30, 1945 to February 9, 1945.
The Berlin operation ^[2] - from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945.

At the beginning of April 1945, the corps, consisting of 3 divisions, transferred from the Vilnius airfield hub to the new Minsk-Mazovian airfield hub ^[3] :

corps headquarters - Minsk-Mazovia ^[3] ;
1st Bomber Aviation Division - Wieszków Aircraft Hub ^[3] ;
The 12th Bomber Aviation Division , the Vengrouw Air Hub ^[3] ;
The 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division - Aeruzel Yanov ^[3] ;
The 50th Bomber Aviation Division - 2 regiments at the Brzezno airfield and 1 regiment at the Bolbasovo airfield ^[3] .

During the period of combat work in April 1945, the corps carried out 1,868 combat sorties with a total raid of 7964 hours, dropped 7272 pcs. bombs with a total weight of 1,455.152 tons. The loss of personnel amounted to 46 people, the materiel - 8 aircraft, 5 of them fighting ^[3] .

In May, the corps was based on air hubs ^[3] :

corps headquarters - Minsk-Mazovia ^[3] ;
1st Bomber Aviation Division - Vengrouv Air Hub ^[3] ;
The 12th Bomber Air Division - the Wyszków airbase ^[3] ;
The 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division - Aeruzel Tsegluv ^[3] ;
The 50th Bomber Aviation Division is the Govorovo Aerospace Center ^[3] .

In the army in the army

As part of the army, the corps was:

from December 23, 1944 to May 9, 1945 , a total of 138 days ^[4] .

Corps Commanders

Lieutenant-General of Aviation Nestertsev Viktor Efimovich ^[2] ^[5] . Period of tenure: from December 23, 1944 to February 20, 1949.

Post-war corps history

After the end of the war, the corps was redeployed from the airfield hub Minsk-Mazovian to the Bobruisk airfield hub. From April 1946 to the corps as part of the 1st Air Army of the long-range aviation, established on the basis of the 3rd Air Army ^[6] .

Aircraft hull from 1949 to 1956 - Tu-4. The photo shows the only surviving aircraft in Russia at the museum in Monino.

In 1949, the 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps was renamed the 79th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, and the 1st Long-Range Aviation Army — the 50th Long-Range Aviation Army ^[6] ^[7] .

At the end of 1949, the corps divisions began to receive new aviation equipment - Tu-4 aircraft, equipped with an air refueling system and capable of delivering retaliatory strikes against the United States advanced bases in Western Europe and in England. Corps, divisions and regiments to the name received the additional name "heavy." Since 1949, the corps has been referred to as the 79th Guards Heavy Bomber Air Corps ^[6] .

In March 1951, a new division was deployed on the basis of the formations and units of the corps - the 160th heavy bomber aviation division consisting of two regiments on Tu-4 aircraft at the Vitebsk aerodrome at the Bolbasovo airfield. By 1955, the division consisted of three divisions, by 1956, all divisions began to retool on new aircraft - the Tu-16 , a heavy twin-engine multi-purpose jet aircraft with the ability to deliver nuclear ammunition. In July 1956, the corps was disbanded, the divisions were transferred to the direct subordination of the 50th long-range air army ^[6] .

Commanders of the 79th Guards Corps

Lieutenant-General of Aviation Nestertsev Viktor Efimovich ^[2] . Period of tenure: from February 20, 1949 to January 1950.
Colonel Schelkunov Vasily Ivanovich ^[2] . Period of office: September 1950 - August 1953, appointed commander of the 22nd Guards Guard .

As part of associations

Union	Period
18th Air Army	12/23/1944 - 04/01/1946
1st Airborne Long Range Aviation Army	04/01/1946 - 02/20/1949
50th Airborne Long Range Aviation Army	02/20/1949 - 08/01/1956

Connections, units and individual units of the corps

22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Donbass Red Banner Division ^[8]
- 11th Guards Bomber Aviation Stalin Red Banner Regiment ( Li-2 )
- 220th Guards Bomber Aviation Stalingrad Red Banner Regiment ( Li-2 )
- 339th Bomber Aviation Order of Suvorov Regiment ( Li-2 )
1st Stalingrad Aviation Bomber Red Banner Division ^[8]
- The 31st Guards Bomber Aviation Krasnoselsky Red Banner Regiment ( Li-2 )
- The 32nd Guards Bomber Aviation Kerch Red Banner Regiment ( Li-2 )
- 334th Berlin Bomber Aviation Regiment ( Li-2 )
12th Mginsk Red Banner Bomber Aviation Division ^[8]
- 12th Guards Bomber Aviation Gatchina Order of the Suvorov Regiment ( Li-2 , Si-47 )
- 33rd Guards Bomber Aviation Minsk Regiment ) ( Li-2 )
- 338th Riga Aviation Regiment ( Li-2 ) Aviation Bomber Regiment
The 50th Bomber Aviation Crimean Division ^[8]
- 26th Guards Bomber Aviation Brest Order of Suvorov Regiment ( B-25 )
- The 111th Berlin Bomber Aviation Regiment ( B-25 )
- 333rd Bomber Aviation Regiment ( EP-2 ).

Corps Composition on May 9, 1945

1st Bomber Aviation Division ;
12th Bomber Aviation Division ;
22nd Guards Bomber Air Division ;
50th Bomber Aviation Division .

The corps composition for April 1946

22nd Guards Bomber Air Division ;
45th Bomber Aviation Division .

Hull composition for 1955

22nd Guards Bomber Air Division ;
45th Bomber Aviation Division ;
160th Bomber Air Division .

Honorary Titles

The 111th Bomber Aviation Regiment was given the honorary title “Berlin” ^[9] .
The 334th Bomber Aviation Regiment was given the honorary title “Berlin” ^[9] .

Awards

Aircraft body B-25

The 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division of Donbass was awarded the Order of the “Combat Red Banner” ^[10] .
The 1st Bomber Aviation Division of Stalingrad was awarded the Order of the “Red Banner of Battle” ^[10] .
The 50th Bomber Aviation Crimean Division was awarded the Order of the “Red Banner of Battle” ^[10] .
The 26th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment of Brest was awarded the Order of “Suvorov III Class” ^[10] .
The 339th Bomber Aviation Regiment was awarded the Order of "Suvorov III Class" ^[10] .

Acknowledgments from the Supreme High Command

For seizing the city of Klaipeda ^[11]
For the capture of the city and the naval base of Gdynia ^[12]
For the defeat of a group of German troops southwest of the city of Königsberg ^[13]
For the capture of the city and the fortress of Gdansk ^[14]
For the capture of the city and the fortress of Koenigsberg ^[13]
For mastering the cities of Frankfurt an der Oder , Wandlitz, Oranienburg , Birkenwerder , Hennigsdorf, Pankow , Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst , Köpenick and entry into the German capital Berlin ^[15]
For seizing the city of Berlin ^[16]
For the capture of the port and the naval base Swinemünde ^[17]

Heroes of the Soviet Union

Aircraft body Si-47 (Li-2)

Vasily Artyomovich Zhuravlyov , Major, Navigator of the 339th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division of the 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps of the 18th Air Army On February 23, 1948, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 5809.
Grigory Ksёndzov , captain, navigator of the squadron of the 33rd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 12th Bomber Aviation Division of the 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps of the 18th Air Army By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on May 15, 1946, awarded the rank of Soviet Council Counsel. Gold Star number 7013.
Arseny Nikitin , Major, deputy commander of the 338th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 12th Bomber Aviation Division of the 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps of the 18th Air Force May 15, 1946, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 3761.

Basing

Period	Aerodrome
04.1945 - 06.1945	Minsk-Mazowiecki , Poland ^[6]
06.1945 - 08/01/1956	Bobruisk , Mogilev Region ^[6]

Notes

↑ Directive of the General Staff No. org / 10/315706 of December 26, 1944
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ Team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 2. - p. 944, 703. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ Journal of hostilities 3 Guards. tank (7 ac dd) (rus.) . The period from 03/31/1945 to 05/01/1945 . Electronic resource "Memory of the People" (05/08/1945). The date of appeal is December 26, 2016.
↑ The team of authors. List No. 9 of long-range aviation formations and units with a time frame for their entry into the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War. / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1956. - T. Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168906. - 24 p.
↑ The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Pole, 2006. - T. 2. - p. 401-403. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Michael Holm. 79th Guards Stalingradskiy Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (Eng.) . The Luftwaffe, 1933-45 (26 December 2016). The appeal date is December 17, 2018.
↑ Directive of the General Staff No. ORG / 1/120016 of January 10, 1949
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Combat composition of the Soviet army. Part V. (January - September 1945). Moscow. Military publishing. 1990 - 216 s.
↑ ¹ ² Order of the NKO CCC No. 0111 of June 11, 1945, on the basis of the Order of the Supreme Command No. 359 of May 2, 1945
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 11, 1945
Supreme Commander. Order No. 262 of January 28, 1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.
Supreme Commander. Order No. 313 of March 28, 1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.
↑ ¹ ² Supreme Commander. Order No. 333 of April 9, 1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.
Supreme Commander. Order No. 319 of 03/30/1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.
Supreme Commander. Order No. 339 dated 04.23.1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.
Supreme Commander. Order No. 359 of 05/02/1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.
Supreme Commander. Order No. 362 of 05/05/1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

Literature

Kozhevnikov MN The command and headquarters of the Soviet Army Air Force in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 .. - Moscow: Science, 1977. - 288 p. - 70 000 copies
The team of authors. List No. 9 of long-range aviation formations and units with a time frame for their entry into the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War. / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1956. - T. Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168906. - 24 p.
The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part V. (January - September 1945) / M.A. Gareev. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Historical archive department of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house, 1990. - 216 p.
The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Pole, 2006. - T. 2. - p. 401-403. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .

Links

[1] Directive of the General Staff No. org / 10/315706 of December 26, 1944

[KD-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ Team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 2. - p. 944, 703. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .

[GBD-3] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ Journal of hostilities 3 Guards. tank (7 ac dd) (rus.) . The period from 03/31/1945 to 05/01/1945 . Electronic resource "Memory of the People" (05/08/1945). The date of appeal is December 26, 2016.

[Per-4] The team of authors. List No. 9 of long-range aviation formations and units with a time frame for their entry into the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War. / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1956. - T. Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168906. - 24 p.

[5] The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Pole, 2006. - T. 2. - p. 401-403. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .

[MH-6] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ Michael Holm. 79th Guards Stalingradskiy Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (Eng.) . The Luftwaffe, 1933-45 (26 December 2016). The appeal date is December 17, 2018.

[7] Directive of the General Staff No. ORG / 1/120016 of January 10, 1949

[BC45-8] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ Combat composition of the Soviet army. Part V. (January - September 1945). Moscow. Military publishing. 1990 - 216 s.

[С-9] ¹ ² Order of the NKO CCC No. 0111 of June 11, 1945, on the basis of the Order of the Supreme Command No. 359 of May 2, 1945

[А-10] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 11, 1945

[11] Supreme Commander. Order No. 262 of January 28, 1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

[12] Supreme Commander. Order No. 313 of March 28, 1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

[ReferenceA-13] ¹ ² Supreme Commander. Order No. 333 of April 9, 1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

[14] Supreme Commander. Order No. 319 of 03/30/1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

[15] Supreme Commander. Order No. 339 dated 04.23.1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

[16] Supreme Commander. Order No. 359 of 05/02/1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.

[17] Supreme Commander. Order No. 362 of 05/05/1945 = Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union // Collection. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975.