The 166th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 166th IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army , which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 166th fighterair regiment | |
|---|---|
| Troops | Air force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 10/08/1940 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 02/08/1943 |
| Successor | 88th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| Battle way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945):
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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 First regiment victory in aerial combat
- 8 Participation in operations and battles
- 9 Distinguished Regiment Warriors
- 10 War Statistics
- 11 Aircraft in service
- 12 Literature
- 13 Links
- 14 Notes
Shelf Names
Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:
- 166th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 88th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 88th Guards Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II Degree Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 88th Guards Krakow Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky II Degree Fighter Aviation Regiment
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Create
The 166th fighter aviation regiment was formed in the Kiev Special Military District (Uman) from October 8, 1940 to January 20, 1941 as part of the 44th fighter aviation division on I-16 aircraft.
Rename a shelf
The 166th Fighter Aviation Regiment for exemplary performance of combat missions and the courage and heroism shown on the basis of the Order of the NCO of the USSR [1] was renamed the 88th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
In the army
As part of the army [2] :
- from June 22, 1941 to September 30, 1941, a total of 100 days,
- from June 9, 1942 to August 16, 1942, a total of 68 days,
- December 7, 1942 to March 11, 1943, total - 94 days,
Only 264 days
Regiment Commanders
- captain Kozlov [3] , 10.1940 - 1941
- Major Semenov Konstantin Andrianovich [3] , 1941-1942
- Captain Chetvertak Konstantin Kasyanovich (died) [3] , 06/01/1942 - 07/19/1942
- Guard Major Rimsha Stefan Stefanovich (died) [3] , 07/23/1942 - 07/08/1943
As part of formations and associations
| Period | Front (district) | army | body | division | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/08/1940 | Kiev Special Military District | District Air Force | 44th Fighter Aviation Division | I-16 | |
| 05/27/1941 | Kiev Special Military District | District Air Force | 64th Fighter Aviation Division | air. Chernyatin, 63 I-16 aircraft | |
| 06/22/1941 | Southwestern front | Air force front | 64th Fighter Aviation Division | air. Kolomyia, 42 operational I-16 aircraft | |
| 07/04/1941 | Southwestern front | Air force front | 64th Fighter Aviation Division | transferred 19 I-16, together with the pilots, to the 149th IAP , the rest of the personnel by train departed in the city of Kirovograd | |
| 07/05/1941 | South front | Air force front | 45th Mixed Aviation Division | I-16 , Kirovograd | |
| 09/05/1941 | South front | Air force front | 45th Mixed Aviation Division | rear front line, retraining on LaGG-3 | |
| 09/30/1941 | Volga Military District | District Air Force | 4th Spare Fighter Aviation Regiment | Morshansk, Tambov region, retraining on LaGG-3 | |
| 06/09/1942 | North Caucasus Front | 5th Air Army | 265th Fighter Aviation Division | LaGG-3 | |
| 06/26/1942 | Black Sea Fleet | Fleet air force | operational submission, LaGG-3 | ||
| 07/04/1942 | North Caucasus Front | 5th Air Army | 265th Fighter Aviation Division | LaGG-3 | |
| 07/11/1942 | North Caucasus Front | 5th Air Army | 236th Fighter Aviation Division | LaGG-3 | |
| 08/15/1942 | Transcaucasian Front | 26th reserve fighter aviation regiment | understaffing | ||
| 12/07/1942 | North Caucasus Front | 4th Air Army | 217th Fighter Aviation Division | LaGG-3 | |
| 02/26/1943 | Moscow Military District | District Air Force | 14th Spare Fighter Aviation Regiment | Ivanovo , retraining on La-5 | |
| 04/23/1943 | Reserve of the Supreme Commercial Court | 5th Fighter Aviation Corps | 217th Fighter Aviation Division | La 5 | |
| 05/01/1943 | Reserve of the Supreme Commercial Court | 5th Fighter Aviation Corps | 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division | Regiment converted to Guards, La-5 |
First regiment victory in aerial combat
The first known air victory of the regiment in the Great Patriotic War was won on June 26, 1941: Lieutenant Yushin I.G. in an air battle near the city of Kamenetz-Podolsky shot down enemy reconnaissance Henschel Hs 126 .
Participation in operations and battles
La-5
- Cross-border battles - from June 22, 1941 to June 29, 1941
- Armaviro-Maykop operation - from August 6, 1942 to August 17, 1942.
- The Rostov operation - from January 1, 1943 to February 18, 1943.
Distinguished Regiment Warriors
- Monetov Nikolay Alexandrovich , commanding officer [4] , retired colonel, Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1036 dated October 11, 1995 for the courage and heroism shown in the struggle against Nazi invaders in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was awarded the title of Hero of Russia Federation with the presentation of the Golden Star medal, medal No. 229. Posthumously.
Combat Statistics
In total, during the years of World War II, the regiment [5] :
| Missions completed | Aircraft shot down in the air | Destroyed aircraft total |
|---|---|---|
| 2787 | 23 | 23 |
Its losses [3] :
| Lost aircraft, total | Total Pilots Died |
|---|---|
| thirty | fifteen |
Armed aircraft
| Period | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| 1940 - 1941 | I-16 |
| 1941 - 1943 | LaGG-3 |
| 1943 - 1945 | La 5 |
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. 169 - 170. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
Links
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Photos and reconstruction of coloring aircraft 166 IAP
- Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
- Heroes of World War II
- Air force
- World War II Aviators
Notes
- β Order of the NPO USSR No. 199 of 05/01/1943
- 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 4 5 Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 82 .-- 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- β Award sheet for the Order of the Red Banner
- 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. 169 - 170. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .