The 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 20th IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army , which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 20th fighterair regiment | |
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| Troops | Air force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 07/14/1941 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 01/18/1942 |
| Successor | 744th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| Battle way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1941-1942):
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Content
Shelf Names
Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:
- 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 744th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 86th Guards Borisov Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 86th Guards Borisov Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 86th Guards Borisov Red Banner Order of Suvorov III degree Fighter Aviation Regiment
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The 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed from 07/14/1941 to 08/18/1941 in the 8th reserve fighter aviation regiment of the Volga Military District (Bagai-Baranovka, Saratov Region) on Yak-1 aircraft from part of the flight personnel 20 Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 17th Mixed Aviation Division, arrived from the South-Western Front . He also received the name of the 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
Reorganizing a regiment
On January 18, 1942, the 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment was renamed the 744th Fighter Aviation Regiment .
In the army
As part of the army [1] :
- from August 20, 1941 to January 18, 1942, total - 151 days.
Regiment Commanders
- captain , major , lieutenant colonel Naidenov Semen Nikolaevich (captured) [2] , 07/14/1941 - 09/15/1943
As part of formations and associations
| Period | Front (district) | army | division | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/14/1941 | Volga Military District | District Air Force | 8th Spare Fighter Aviation Regiment | Bagai-Baranovka , Yak-1 |
| 08/20/1941 | Bryansk Front | Air force front | 61st Mixed Aviation Division | Yak-1 |
| 01/18/1942 | Bryansk Front | Air force front | 61st Mixed Aviation Division | renamed the 744th IAP , Yak-1 |
Participation in operations and battles
- Oryol-Bryansk operation - from September 30, 1941 to October 23, 1941.
- Tula defensive operation - from October 24, 1941 to December 16, 1941.
Regiment's first victory
The first known air victory of the regiment in World War II was won on August 22, 1941: a German reconnaissance aircraft Hs-126 was shot down by a group of Yak-1 (leading to Mr. Gulyaev V. D.) in an air battle near Mglinsk.
Combat Statistics
In total for the period from August 20, 1941 to February 18, 1942, the regiment [3] :
| Missions completed | Aircraft shot down in the air | Destroyed aircraft total |
|---|---|---|
| 2514 | 75 | 111 |
Its losses [2] :
| Lost aircraft, total | Total Pilots Died |
|---|---|
| 14 | 9 |
Armed aircraft
| Period | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| 1941 - 1942 | Yak-1 |
Literature
- 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. 164 - 167. - 944 p. - 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
- World War II Aviators
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 Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 167. - 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. 934. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .