The 581st Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 581st IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army , which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 55th fighterair regiment | |
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| Troops | Air Force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 02/25/1942 |
| Disbanding (transformation) | 02/03/1943 |
| Successor | 55th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| Fighting way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1942 - 1943):
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Shelf Names
Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:
- 581st Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 55th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 55th Guards Kharkov Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 55th Guards Kharkov Order of Alexander Nevsky Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 55th Guards Kharkov Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Fighter Aviation Regiment
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Creating a shelf
The 581st fighter aviation regiment was formed between October 15, 1941 and February 25, 1942 at the 8th reserve fighter aviation regiment of the Volga Military District ( Bagai-Baranovka, Saratov Region ) on Yak-1 aircraft from pilots sent from 2 of the 1st spare fighter aviation regiment of the Moscow Military District, the technical staff of the 249th and 256th fighter aviation regiments, as well as the regiment, included the 1st squadron of the 67th fighter aviation regiment .
Rename a shelf
On February 3, 1943, the 581st Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 55th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment for the exemplary performance of combat missions and the courage and heroism shown on the basis of the Order of the USSR Non-Commercial Organizations [1] .
In the army in the army
As part of the army [2] :
- from April 26, 1942 to May 22, 1942, total - 26 days,
- from September 2, 1942 to February 3, 1943, total - 154 days,
180 days total
Regiment commanders
- Captain Trepalin Alexey Stepanovich , 10/20/1941 - 09/07/1942
- captain , major , lieutenant colonel Shishkin Vasily Ivanovich [3] , 09/09/1942 - 03/15/1947
Compounds and associations
| Period | Front District | army | division | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/25/1942 | Volga Military District | 8th Reserve Fighter Aviation Regiment | Bagai-Baranovka Saratov Region Yak-1 | |
| 04/26/1942 | Southwest Front | 3rd strike aviation group | Yak-1 | |
| 05/22/1942 | Volga Military District | 8th Reserve Fighter Aviation Regiment | Bagai-Baranovka Saratov Region Yak-1 | |
| 09/02/1942 | Stalingrad Front | 8th Air Army | 220th Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-1 |
| 09/07/1942 | Stalingrad Front | 16th Air Army | 220th Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-1 |
| 09/30/1942 | Don front | 16th Air Army | 220th Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-1 |
| 02/03/1943 | Don front | 16th Air Army | 1st Guards Fighter Division | The regiment converted to the guards, Yak-1 |
Participation in operations and battles
- Kharkov operation - from May 15, 1942 to May 29, 1942.
- Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad operation - from June 28, 1942 to July 5, 1942.
- Battle of Stalingrad - from July 18, 1942 to February 2, 1943
Aircraft in service
| Period | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| 1941 - 1943 | Yak-1 , Yak-9 |
Literature
- 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.
- The 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. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department 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 Stalin's fighter regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 112 - 114. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 621-622. - 1000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
Links
Notes
- β Order of the NPO of the USSR No. 54 of 02/03/1943
- β The 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. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department 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.
- β Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first full encyclopedia. - Popular science. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 113. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .