The 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 12th IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army , which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 12th fighterair regiment | |
|---|---|
| Troops | Air force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 06/22/1941 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 01/25/1942 |
| Predecessor | 13th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| Successor | 739th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| Battle way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1942):
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Content
- 1 Names of the regiment
- 2 Create a shelf
- 3 Rename a shelf
- 4 In the army
- 5 Regiment commanders
- 6 As part of compounds and associations
- 7 Participation in operations and battles
- 8 First regiment victory in aerial combat
- 9 Military statistics
- 10 Aircraft in service
- 11 Notes
- 12 Literature
- 13 Links
Shelf Names
Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:
- 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment;
- 739th Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
- 739th Prague Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
- 739th Prague Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
- 739th Aircraft Destruction Prague Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment ;
- 834th Fighter Aviation Prague Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment ;
- 119th Separate Helicopter Prague Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment ;
- Field mail 42083.
Create
The 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed on June 22, 1941 at the Borisoglebsk airfield of the Volga Military District by dividing the 13th Fighter Aviation Regiment that arrived from the Trans-Baikal Military District on I-153 aircraft.
Rename a shelf
The 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 739th Fighter Aviation Regiment on January 25, 1942.
In the army
As part of the army [1] :
- from July 15, 1941 to October 30, 1941, only 107 days
- from January 6, 1942 to January 24, 1942, only 18 days
Total - 125 days
Regiment Commanders
- Captain Konachev Ivan Sergeevich [2] , 07/03/1941 - 07/21/1941 pr (died)
- Major Ovechnikov Ivan Nikolaevich (died) [2] , 08.28.1941 - 02.1942
As part of formations and associations
| Period | Front (district) | army | body | division | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/30/1939 | Transbaikal Military District | I-16 , I-15 bis , I-153 (in January 1941) | |||
| 06/22/1941 | Volga Military District | 38th Fighter Aviation Division | Borisoglebsk , reorganized into two regiments: 13th and 12th fighter aviation regiment on I-153 | ||
| 06/22/1941 | Reserve front | Air Force 24th Army | 38th Fighter Aviation Division | I-153 | |
| 07/12/1941 | Western front | 38th Fighter Aviation Division | Shaykovka , I-153 | ||
| 07/15/1941 | Reserve front | Air Force 24th Army | 38th Mixed Aviation Division | I-153 | |
| 08.24.1941 | Reserve front | Air Force 24th Army | 38th Mixed Aviation Division | I-153 | |
| 10/30/1941 | Reserve front | Air Force 24th Army | 38th Mixed Aviation Division | withdrawn to the rear for understaffing | |
| 12/12/1941 | Siberian Military District | District Air Force | 19th reserve fighter aviation regiment | Novosibirsk , LaGG-3 | |
| 01/06/1942 | Northwest Front | Air force front | 6th Mixed Aviation Division | LaGG-3 | |
| 01/25/1942 | Northwest Front | Air force front | 6th Mixed Aviation Division | renamed the 739th IAP , LaGG-3 |
Participation in operations and battles
- The battle of Smolensk - from July 15, 1941 to August 24, 1941.
- Elninskaya operation - from August 30, 1941 to September 1, 1941.
- Vyazemsky operation - from October 2, 1941 to October 13, 1941.
- Crimean defensive operation - from October 18, 1941 to November 16, 1941.
- Demian operation - from January 7, 1942 to January 24, 1942.
- Toropetsky-Kholmsky operation - from January 9, 1942 to January 24, 1942.
First regiment victory in aerial combat
The first known air victory of the regiment in World War II was won on July 17, 1941: Captain Baranov in an air battle in the area of ββthe village of. The bomber was shot down by a German bomber Dornier Do-215 .
Combat Statistics
In total, during the years of World War II, the regiment [3] :
| Missions completed | Aircraft shot down in the air | Destroyed aircraft total |
|---|---|---|
| 5633 | 118 | 155 |
Its losses [2] :
| Lost aircraft, total | Total Pilots Died |
|---|---|
| 110 | 69 |
Armed aircraft
| Period | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| 1941 - 1942 | I-153 |
| 1941 - 1942 | LaGG-3 |
Notes
- β 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.
- β 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. 694. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- β Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 116, 936. - 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. 690 - 694. - 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 .-- 992 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
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
- World War II Aviators