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512th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 512th IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army , which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .

Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment
TroopsAir force
Type of armyfighter aircraft
FormationOctober 1941
Dissolution (transformation)02/03/1943
Predecessor11th Spare Fighter Aviation Regiment
Successor53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battle way

The Great Patriotic War (1941 -1943):

  • Battle of Kiev (Kiev strategic defensive operation)
  • Kiev-Prilutsk defensive operation
  • Sumy-Kharkov defensive operation
  • Barvenkovo-Lozovo operation
  • Donbass defensive operation
  • Rostov defensive operation
  • Kalinin offensive operation
  • Klinsko-Solnechnogorsk offensive operation
  • Yelets offensive operation
  • Tula offensive operation
  • Kaluga offensive operation
  • Naro-Fominsk operation
  • Battle of stalingrad

Shelf Names

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

  • 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 53rd Guards Stalingrad Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 53rd Guards Stalingrad Order of Lenin Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 53rd Guards Stalingrad Order of Lenin and Alexander Nevsky Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 53rd Stalingrad Guards of the Orders of Lenin and Alexander Nevsky Aviation Regiment of Fighter-Bomber
  • Field mail 06935

Create

LaGG-3

The 512th fighter aviation regiment was created in October 1941 on LaGG-3 aircraft in the 11th reserve fighter aviation regiment of the North Caucasus Military District in the city of Taganrog on the basis of the Poltava separate aviation group.

Convert

The 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment for exemplary combat missions and courage and heroism shown on the basis of the Order of the NCO of the USSR [1] on February 3, 1943 was renamed the 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment .

In the army

As part of the army [2] :

  • from July 7, 1941 to February 3, 1943, total - 576 days,

Regiment Commanders

  •   Lieutenant Colonel Gerasimov Nikolay Semenovich [3] , 10/01/1941 - 10/19/1942
  • battalion commissar Mamykin Ivan Mironovich [3] , 10/19/1942 - 10/21/1942
  • Major Binov Lev Isaakovich [3] , 10/29/1942 - 01/18/1943
  •   Captain Motor Ivan Porfirevich , 01/18/1943 - 02/03/1943

As part of formations and associations

PeriodFront (district)armydivisionnote
10/01/1941North Caucasus Military District11th Spare Fighter Aviation RegimentTaganrog , LaGG-3
10/07/1941Southwestern frontAir force front14th Mixed Aviation DivisionLaGG-3
10/14/1941Southwestern frontAir force front14th Mixed Aviation Divisionthe first aerial victory at LaGG-3 : lead captain V. A. Myaskov in the area of Poltava shot down the Me-109
03.03.1942Southwestern frontAir force frontManeuverable air groupLaGG-3
05/31/1942Southwestern front38th Army Air ForceLaGG-3
06/19/1942Southwestern front8th Air Army268th Fighter Aviation DivisionLaGG-3
07/12/1942Stalingrad Front8th Air Army268th Fighter Aviation DivisionLaGG-3
07/20/1942Stalingrad Front8th Air Army220th Fighter Aviation DivisionLaGG-3
07/25/1942Stalingrad Front8th Air Army220th Fighter Aviation Divisionrearmament on the Yak-1
09/07/1942Stalingrad Front16th air army220th Fighter Aviation DivisionYak-1
09/30/1942Don front16th air army220th Fighter Aviation DivisionYak-1
02/03/1943Don front16th air army1st Guards Fighter Aviation DivisionThe regiment converted to the guards, Yak-1

Participation in operations and battles

  • Battle of Kiev (Kiev strategic defensive operation) , from July 7 to September 26, 1941
  • Kiev-Prilutsk defensive operation , from August 20 to September 26, 1941
  • Sumy-Kharkov defensive operation , from October 1, 1941 to October 29, 1941
  • Barvenkovo-Lozovo operation , from January 18 to January 31, 1942
  • Donbass defensive operation , from September 29 - November 4, 1941
  • Rostov defensive operation , from November 5, 1941 to November 16, 1941
  • Kalinin offensive operation , from December 5, 1941 to January 7, 1942
  • Klinsko-Solnechnogorsk offensive operation , from December 6, 1941 to December 25, 1941
  • Elets offensive operation , from December 6, 1941 to December 16, 1941
  • Tula offensive operation , from December 6, 1941 to December 16, 1941
  • Kaluga offensive operation , from December 17, 1941 to January 5, 1942
  • Naro-Fominsk defensive operation , from December 24, 1941 to January 8, 1942
  • Battle of Stalingrad from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943

Distinguished Regiment Warriors

 
Heroes of the Soviet Union in the 16th VA: V.N. Makarov , I.P. Motor and Z.V. Semenyuk . Stalingrad , 1943
  •   Batyaev Vasily Sergeevich , squadron commander of the 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 16th Air Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, Guard Captain, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of May 15, 1946. Gold Star No. 6204
  •   Dubenok Gennady Sergeyevich , squadron commander of the 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 16th Air Army, captain, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR dated August 24, 1943, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 1093
  •   Kobyletsky Ivan Ivanovich , Deputy Commander of the 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 16th Air Army, major. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of May 15, 1946, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 2872
  •   Makarov Valentin Nikolaevich , squadron commander of the 512th fighter aviation regiment of the 220th fighter aviation division of the 16th air army of the Don Front, captain, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 28, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 696
  •   Motor Ivan Porfiryevich , commander of the 512th fighter aviation regiment of the 220th fighter air division of the 16th Air Army of the Don Front, captain, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 28, 1943 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 695
  •   Ratnikov Pyotr Petrovich , squadron commander of the 53rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 16th Air Army, senior lieutenant, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of August 24, 1943. Posthumously
  •   Semenyuk Zakhar Vladimirovich , navigator of the 512th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 220th Fighter Aviation Division of the 16th Air Army of the Stalingrad Front, captain, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 28, 1943, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 697

Armed aircraft

PeriodAircraft
1941 - 1942LaGG-3
1942 - 1943Yak-1

Notes

  1. ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR No. 54 of 02/03/1943
  2. ↑ Collective of authors. List No. 12 of the aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which were part of the Active 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, 1960. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - 96 p.
  3. ↑ 1 2 3 Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 108. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

Literature

  • B. Growl , M. Morozov. Guard aviation divisions, corps, squadrons 1941-45 // World of Aviation: Aviation-historical journal, technical review .. - M. , 2003. - Issue. 32 . - No. 3 . - S. 25 - 28 . Archived March 5, 2016.
  • B. Growl , M. Morozov. Guard aviation divisions, corps, squadrons 1941-45 // World of Aviation: Aviation-historical journal, technical review .. - M. , 2003. - Issue. 31 . - No. 2 . - S. 25 - 31 . Archived on April 22, 2016.
  • Team of authors. List No. 12 of the aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which were part of the Active 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, 1960. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - 96 p.
  • Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 103 - 105. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
  • Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 621-622. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .

Links

  1. List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
  2. Photos of pilots and aircraft 512 IAP
  3. Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
  4. Heroes of World War II
  5. Air force
  6. World War II Aviators
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=512th_fighter_aviation_polk&oldid=98079014


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