The 239th Fighter Aviation Division ( 239th Iad ) was a unit of the Air Forces of the Red Army that took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 239th Fighteraviation division | |
|---|---|
| Troops | Air Force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 06/12/1942 |
| Disbanding (transformation) | 03/18/1943 |
| Predecessor | 6th Air Force Attack |
| Successor | 5th Guards Orshanskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Division |
| Fighting way | |
Great Patriotic War (1942 - 1943):
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Content
Title History
- 6th Air Force Attack
- 239th Fighter Division
- 5th Guards Fighter Division
- 5th Guards Valdai Fighter Division
- 5th Guards Valdai Red Banner Fighter Division
- 5th Guards Valdai Red Banner Order of the Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Division
- The 151st Guards Valdai Red Banner Order of the Kutuzov Fighter Division
Division Creation
The 239th Fighter Division was created on June 12, 1942 on the basis of the 6th Attack Aviation Group [1] .
Renaming Division
The 239th Fighter Division on March 18, 1943 for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with German invaders and the courage and heroism shown at that, was renamed the 5th Guards Fighter Division based on the Order of the NKO USSR [2]
In the army in the army
As part of the army:
- from June 14, 1942 to March 18, 1943 [3] , total - 277 days
Division commanders
| Rank | FULL NAME. | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel | Ivanov Georgiy Alexandrovich [4] | 06/12/1942 - 03/18/1943 |
As part of associations
| date | Front District | Army | Housing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/12/1942 | North-Western Front | ||
| 07/14/1942 | North-Western Front | 6th Air Army | |
| 03/18/1943 | North-Western Front | 6th Air Army |
Parts and divisions of a division
| Period | Name |
|---|---|
| 12/10/1942 - 03/13/1943 | 10th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| 10/30/1942 - 03/18/1943 | 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (since 11/22/1942 the 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| 02/01/1943 - 03/18/1943 | 46th Fighter Aviation Regiment (since March 18, 1943, the 68th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ) |
| 06/12/1942 - 03/18/1943 | 485th Fighter Aviation Regiment (since March 18, 1943, the 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ) |
| 11/22/1942 - 03/18/1943 | 436th Fighter Aviation Regiment (since March 18, 1943, the 67th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| 06/14/1942 - 11/20/1942 | 238th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| 06/22/1942 - 11/22/1942 | 402nd Fighter Aviation Regiment |
Participation in operations and battles
- Demyansk operation - from February 15, 1943 to February 28, 1943
- Old Russian operation - from March 4, 1943 to March 19, 1943
Assigning Guard ranks
- The 239th Fighter Division was renamed the 5th Guards Fighter Division [2]
- The 46th Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 68th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment [2]
- The 153rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment [5]
- The 436th Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 67th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment [2]
- The 485th Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment [2]
Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Kuznetsov Nikolai Fedorovich , captain, deputy squadron commander of the 436th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 239th Fighter Aviation Division of the 6th Air Army, dated May 1, 1943, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 966
Literature
- The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 2. - p. 565- 567, 780-782. - 1000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- 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
- B. Snarling , M. Morozov. Guards aviation divisions, corps, squadron of 1941-45 // World of Aviation: Aviation-historical magazine, technical review .. - M. , 2003. - Vol. 32 . - β 3 . - P. 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 . - β 2 . - p. 25 - 31 . Archived April 22, 2016.
- M.L. Dudarenko , Yu.G. Perechnev , V.T. Eliseev, and others. The liberation of cities: A guide to the liberation of cities in the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941β1945 / ed. ed. Army General S. P. Ivanov. - Institute of Military History of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Central Archive of the USSR Ministry of Defense. - M: Military Publishing, 1985. - 598 p. - (Reference). - 50 000 copies
- The team of authors. List No. 4 of the Corps Administration, which was 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: Voenizdat, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 151 p.
- The team of authors. List No. 6 of cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, antiaircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that 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: Voenizdat, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 77 p.
- 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.
- The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part III. (January - December 1943) / G.T. The vision. - Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Order of the Red Banner of Labor Military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of Defense, 1972. - 336 p.
- Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All Stalin's fighter regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - Popular science. - Moscow: Yauza-Press, 2014. - 943 p. - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
Links
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
- Heroes of World War II
- Air Force combat composition
- The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
- World War II Aviators
- "The liberation of cities: a guide to the liberation of cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" / M.L. Dudarenko, Yu.G. Perechnev, V.T. Eliseev, and others. - M .: Voenizdat, 1985. - 598 p. Electronic version
Notes
- β Supreme Command Order No. 00117 of June 6, 1942
- β 1 2 3 4 5 People's Commissar of Defense. Order No. 128 of March 18, 1943 = Orders of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR 1943-1945. // The team of authors Collection of documents "The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." / V.A. Zolotarev. - Moscow: Terra, 1997. - T. 13 (2-3) . - p . 415 .
- β The team of authors. List No. 6 of cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, antiaircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Voenizdat, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 77 p.
- β The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 2. - p. 565- 567. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- β Order of the NKO of the USSR No. 374 of November 22, 1942