41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:

• 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
• 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• 41st Guards Fighter Chernivtsi Regiment;
• 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment;
• 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment ;
• Field mail 40437.

The 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed on February 8, 1943 by renaming the 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment to the Guards for exemplary performance of combat missions and for showing courage and heroism on the basis of the order of the NKO USSR ^[1] .

• The 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment February 20, 1949, renamed the 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment ^[2]
• The 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment on September 30, 1950 was renamed the 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment in connection with the transfer to the Air Defense Forces.

The 712th Guards Training Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Regiment was disbanded ^[3] as part of the ongoing reform of the Armed Forces. The successor of the regiment was the 6980th aviation base .

In the composition of the army ^[4] :

• from September 7, 1941 to February 8, 1943 (as the 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment ) for a total of 519 days,
• from February 8, 1943 to February 25, 1943, for a total of 17 days,
• from May 12, 1943 to May 11, 1945, for a total of 730 days,

Total 1266 days

• Major Subbotin Nikolai Ivanovich ^[3] , 01.1941 - 10/13/1941
• captain , major Kurakin Mikhail Dmitrievich ^[3] , 10.1941 - 07.27.1942
• guard major , lieutenant colonel Pavel Fedorovich Chupikov ^[ 07 ^] , 07.27.42 - 11.11.43
• Guards Captain Pavlov Alexander Georgievich ^[3] , 11/01/43 - December 1, 1943
• Guards Major Zlygostev Ivan Semenovich ^[3] (VRID), 12/17/43 - 1944
• Guard Major , Lieutenant Colonel Alexander G. Pavlov ^[3] , 1/25/1944 - 12/31/1945

• Air battles in the Kuban from April 1943 to June 1943
• Battle of Kursk from July 5, 1943 to August 23, 1943
• Belgorod-Kharkov operation "Rumyantsev" from August 3, 1943 to August 23, 1943
• The Chernigov-Pripyat operation ^[5] from August 26, 1943 to September 30, 1943.
• Kiev operation from November 3, 1943 to December 22, 1943
• Gomel-Rechitsa operation from November 10, 1943 to November 30, 1943.
• Zhytomyr-Berdichev operation ^[5] from December 24, 1943 to January 14, 1944
• Korsun-Shevchenko operation ^[5] from January 24, 1944 to February 17, 1944.
• Exactly-Lutsk operation ^[5] from January 27, 1944 to February 11, 1945.
• Proskurov-Chernivtsi operation ^[5] from March 4, 1944 to April 17, 1944
• The Lvov-Sandomir Operation ^[5] from July 13, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
• The Carpathian-Dukla operation ^[6] from September 8, 1944 to October 28, 1944.
• Sandomierz-Silesian operation ^[6] from January 12, 1945 to February 23, 1945
• Lower Silesian offensive operation ^[6] from February 3, 1945 to March 30, 1945
• Upper Silesian offensive operation ^[6] from March 15, 1945 to March 31, 1945
• The Berlin operation ^[6] from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945.
• The Prague operation ^[6] from May 6, 1945 to May 11, 1945.

• The 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment for distinguishing itself in battles with the German invaders for the liberation of the city of Chernivtsi on April 8, 1944, was given the honorary name Chernivtsi ^[7]

• For the exemplary performance of command combat missions for the capture of the cities of Gleywitz, Chzhanuv and the valor and courage shown by the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Chernivtsi Regiment was awarded the Order of Kutuzov III degree ^[8]

• For seizing the capital of Ukraine, Kiev ^[9]
• For taking possession of the city of Kremenets - a powerful natural fortress on the ridge of the Kremenetsky Mountains, strengthened by the Germans by a developed network of artificial fortifications ^[10]
• For seizing the city and operational important railway junction Chertkov, Gusyatin city, city and railway hub Zaleshchiki on the Dniester River and liberation of more than 400 other settlements ^[11]
• For access to the state border with Czechoslovakia and Romania at a front of up to 200 kilometers, the capture of the city of Ceret and the occupation of more than 30 other localities in Romania ^[12]
• For the capture of the regional center of Ukraine by the city of Tarnopol - a major railway junction and a strong stronghold of German defense in the Lviv direction ^[13]
• For capturing the cities of Poritsk, Gorokhov , Radzekhov, Brody, Zolochiv, Buek, Kamenka, the city and the major Red railway junction and the occupation of more than 600 other localities ^[14]
• For mastering an important economic and political center and the regional city of Ukraine, Lviv - a major railway junction and a strategically important stronghold of the German defense, covering the roads to the southern regions of Poland ^[15]
• For the capture of the city and the fortress of Przemysl and the city of Yaroslav - important communications hubs and powerful German defense strongholds covering the routes to Krakow ^[16]
• For taking possession of the city of Debica - a major center of the aviation industry and an important communications hub in the Kraków area ^[17]
• For mastering the cities of Czestochowa, Pshedbuz and Radomsko ^[18]
• For mastering the city of Krakow ^[19]
• For seizing the center of the Silesian industrial region by the city of Gleiwitz and in Poland by the city of Chrzanow ^[20]
• For the capture of the city of Hindenburg ^[21]
• For the capture of the cities of Sosnowiec, Bedzin, Dombrova Gurne, Czeladz and Myslowice - the major centers of the Dombrowski coal district ^[22]
• For possession of the cities of Katowice , Siemianowitz, Krulevská Guta ( Konighütte ), Mikolów (Nikolai) and the city of Beuten in Silesia in the Dombrowski coal district ^[23]
• For taking possession of the cities of Olau, Brig, Tomaskirch, Grottkau, Leuven and Shurgast - important communications nodes and strong strongholds of the German defense on the west bank of the Oder ^[24]
• For the defeat of the enemy's surrounded grouping southwest of Oppeln and the capture of the cities of Neustadt, Kozel, Steinau , Sulz , Krappitz, Ober-Glogau, Falkenberg in Silesia ^[25]
• For seizing in Silesia, west of the Oder, the cities of Neusse and Leobschütz ^[26]
• For mastering the cities of Ratibor and Biskau ^[27]
• For seizing the cities of Cottbus , Lübben, Zossen, Beelitz, Lukenwalde, Troyenbritzen, Zahn, Marienfelde, Trebbin, Rangsdorf, Diedersdorf, Teltow and entrance from the south to the capital of Germany, Berlin ^[28]
• For capturing the cities of Wittenberg - an important stronghold of the German defense on the Elbe River ^[29]
• For the capture of the city and the fortress of Breslau (Breslau) ^[30]

•   Klepikov Nikolai Fedorovich , captain of the guard, navigator of the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 2nd Air Army of the Voronezh Front , Captain of the Guard, dated September 28, 1943, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
•   Kumanichkin Alexander , Guard Captain, commander of Squadron 41 th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment 8th Guards Fighter Air Division of the 2nd Air Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Guard Captain, the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from April 13, 1944 for courage and military prowess manifested in air battles with the German invaders awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
•   Alexander Vasilievich Lobanov , Guards Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Squadron Commander of the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 28, 1943 for the exemplary performance of combat tasks of command on the front of the German invaders and manifested during this campaign. and heroism awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
•   Alexander G. Pavlov , Captain Guards, Squadron Commander of the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 2nd Air Army of the Voronezh Front by decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet of September 28, 1943 for exemplary combat exercises the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
•   Mikhail Sementsov , Guards Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Squadron Commander of the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 28, 1943, for exemplary performance of combat missions of command on the front of the German invaders and manifested during this campaign and heroism awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Forever enlisted in the lists of parts.

•   Shlepov Viktor Petrovich , Captain Guards, Squadron Commander of the 41st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 2nd Air Army of the Voronezh Front by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated September 28, 1943 for exemplary performance of combat tasks of campaign tasks for September 22, 1943. the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at the same time was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Total for the years of the Great Patriotic War regiment ^[31] :

Their losses ^[3] :

• B. Snarling , M. Morozov. Guards aviation divisions, corps, squadron of 1941-45 // World of Aviation: Aviation-historical magazine, technical review .. - M. , 2003. - Vol. 32 . - № 3 . - pp . 25-28 . Archived March 5, 2016.
• B. Snarling , M. Morozov. Guards aviation divisions, corps, squadron of 1941-45 // World of Aviation: Aviation-historical magazine, technical review .. - M. , 2003. - Vol. 31 . - № 2 . - p . 25-31 . Archived April 22, 2016.
• The team of authors. List No. 12 of the aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which were part of the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1960. - T. Appendix to the directive of the General Staff dated January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - 96 p.
• Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All Stalin's fighter regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - A popular science publication. - Moscow: Yauza-Press, 2014. - P. 99-103. - 944 s. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
• Dmitry Pichugin. The 712th Guards Chernivtsi Order of the Kutuzov Third Class Fighter Aviation Regiment // Journal Aviation and Cosmonautics, No. 5, May 2015. p.2-17

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