The 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Smolensky Red Banner Order of the Kutuzov Regiment ( 139th Guards IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army, which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 139th GuardsSmolensky Red banner Order of Kutuzov fighter regiment | |
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| Awards |   |
| Honorary Items | Smolensky |
| Troops | Air force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 04/14/1944 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 10/02/1964 |
| Predecessor | 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment |
| Battle way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1944 - 1945):
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Content
Shelf Names
- 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
- 20th Smolensk Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
- 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Smolensk Regiment;
- 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Smolensky Red Banner Regiment;
- 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Smolensky Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment;
- 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Smolensky Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Air Defense Regiment ;
- Military Unit (Field Mail) 29673.
Create
The 139th Guards Fighter Aviation Smolensk Regiment was formed on April 14, 1944 by converting from the 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment to the Guards Regiment for exemplary performance of combat missions and shown courage and heroism on the basis of the Order of the NPO of the USSR [1] .
Disbandment of the Regiment
The 139th Guards fighter aircraft Smolensky Red Banner Order of Kutuzov regiment was disbanded from October 15 to October 18, 1964 as part of the 15th Air Defense Corps .
In the army
As part of the army [2] :
- from April 14, 1944 to May 9, 1945
Regiment Commanders
- Major , Lt. Col. Starikov Alexey Georgievich (died) [3] , 03.1940 - 01.27.1942
- Captain , Major Geibo Joseph Ivanovich [3] , 02.20.1942 - 08.1942
- Major Kukin Ivan Andreevich [3] , 01/01/1943 - 05/04/1943
- Major Petrovets Alexander Kuzmich [3] , 05/10/1943 - 09/10/1945
As part of formations and associations
| Period | Front (district) | army | body | division | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/18/1943 | Western front | 1st Air Army | 303rd Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-7 B | |
| 04.24.1944 | 3rd Belorussian Front | 1st Air Army | 303rd Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-7 B, Yak-1 , Yak-9 | |
| 07/12/1944 | 3rd Belorussian Front | 1st Air Army | 303rd Fighter Aviation Division | The flight crew was in Khimki, Moscow Region , aircraft plant No. 301, Yak-9U | |
| 10/04/1944 | 3rd Belorussian Front | 1st Air Army | 303rd Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-9U | |
| 05/09/1945 | 3rd Belorussian Front | 1st Air Army | 303rd Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-9U | |
| 06/10/1945 | Belarusian military district | 1st Air Army | 303rd Fighter Aviation Division | Yak-9U | |
| 08/15/1948 | Moscow Air Defense District | 19th Air Defense Fighter Army | 106th Air Defense Fighter Division | Yak-9U | |
| 02.17.1950 | Moscow Air Defense District | 64th Air Defense Fighter Army | 88th Air Defense Fighter Corps | 133rd Air Defense Fighter Division | MiG-15 |
| 07.1950 g. | Moscow Air Defense District | 64th Air Defense Fighter Army | 88th Air Defense Fighter Corps | 151st Guards Fighter Aviation Division | MiG-15 |
| 07/22/1950 | United air army | 64th Fighter Aviation Corps | 151st Guards Fighter Aviation Division | MiG-15 | |
| 10/01/1950 | United air army | 64th Fighter Aviation Corps | 28th Fighter Aviation Division | MiG-15 | |
| 12/01/1950 | United air army | 64th Fighter Aviation Corps | 28th Fighter Aviation Division | relocated deep into China, MiG-15 | |
| 10/21/1952 | Air defense | Baku Air Defense Army | 28th Fighter Aviation Division | Sangachaly airfield ( Baku ), MiG-15 | |
| 1953 | Air defense | Baku Air Defense Army | 28th Fighter Aviation Division | MiG-17 | |
| 06/01/1962 | Air defense | Baku Air Defense District | 15th Air Defense Corps | MiG-17 | |
| 10/02/1964 | Air defense | Baku Air Defense District | 15th Air Defense Corps | disbanded, MiG-17 |
Participation in battles and battles
- Belarusian strategic offensive operation (Operation Bagration)
- Vitebsk-Orsha offensive operation - from June 23, 1944 to June 28, 1944
- Minsk offensive operation - from June 29, 1944 to July 4, 1944
- Vilnius Frontal Offensive Operation - from July 5, 1944 to July 20, 1944
- Kaunas offensive operation - from July 28, 1944 on August 28, 1944
- Gumbinnen-Goldap offensive operation - from October 16, 1944 to October 30, 1944
- East Prussian strategic offensive operation - from January 13, 1945 to April 25, 1945
- Insterburg-Königsberg offensive operation - from January 14, 1945 to January 26, 1945
- Rastenburg-Heilsberg offensive operation - from January 27, 1945 to March 12, 1945
- Brownsberg Offensive Operation - from March 13, 1945 to March 22, 1945
- Konigsberg operation - from April 6, 1945 to April 9, 1945
- Zemland offensive operation - from April 13, 1945 to April 25, 1945
Honorary Names
On May 5, 1943, the 20th Fighter Aviation Regiment was shown the honorary name Smolensky for the shown examples of courage and heroism in the fight against the fascist invaders and in order to further consolidate the memory of the heroic exploits of the Stalinist falcons [4] .
Rewards
- On July 10, 1944, the 139th Smolensk Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR [5] for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders during the crossing of the Berezina River, for the seizure of the city of Borisov .
- The 139th Smolensky Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment on February 19, 1945 for the exemplary performance of command missions in battles with the German invaders during the capture of the cities of Tapiau , Allenburg , Nodenburg, Letzen and shown valor and courage by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR [6] was awarded Order of Kutuzov III degree.
Acknowledgments from the High Command
MiG-15bis in the American Museum. The aircraft has the North Korean Air Force identification marks.
Thanks to the Supreme Commander:
- for the possession of the city of Smolensk [7]
- for the liberation of the city of Vitebsk [8]
- for the liberation of the city of Orsha [9]
- for the liberation of Minsk [10]
- for crossing the Neman River [11]
- for the invasion of East Prussia [12]
- for the mastery of the fortified cities of Pilkallen, Ragnit and strong defense strongholds of the Germans, Schillenen, Lazdenen, Kussen, Naueningen, Lengveten, Kraupisken, Brakupenen [13]
- for the mastery of the cities of Tilsit, Gross-Skaisgirren, Aulovenen, Gillen and Kaukemen [14]
- for the possession of the city of Insterburg [15]
- for the possession of the cities of Tapiau, Allenburg, Nordenburg and Letzen [16]
- for the possession of the cities Landsberg and Bartenstein [17]
- for the possession of the cities of Wormditt and Melzac [18]
- for the possession of the city of Heiligenbayl [19]
- for the defeat of a group of German troops southwest of Koenigsberg [20]
- for the capture of the city and the Koenigsberg fortress [21]
- for the capture of the city and the fortress of Pillau [22]
Distinguished Regiment Warriors
- Geibo Joseph Ivanovich , commander of the regiment, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union as commander of the 6th Guards Aviation Division.
Combat Statistics
During the years of World War II
In total, during the years of World War II, the regiment [23] :
| Missions completed | Aircraft shot down in the air | Destroyed aircraft total |
|---|---|---|
| 10688 | 224 | 249 |
Its losses [3] :
| Lost aircraft, total | Total Pilots Died | Pilots died in air battles | Did not return from a combat mission | Died during raids and other non-combat losses | Died in plane crashes and died of wounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 69 | eleven | 52 | - | 6 |
Over the years of the Korean War
For the War in Korea Regiment [3]
| Completed combat missions, total | Conducted air battles, total | UN aircraft shot down | of which bombers | of which fighters and attack aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 8 | fourteen | 5 | 9 |
Its losses [3] :
| Lost aircraft, total | Total Pilots Died |
|---|---|
| 2 | 2 |
- Major Squadron commander G.I.Kharkovsky in one battle shot down 3 B-29 bombers at once, in total 4 destroyed B-29 bombers on his account - the best result among pilots of the 64th Jacob. More than the major of Kharkov, none of the Soviet pilots had so many victories over the B-29 in the history of this war.
Notes
- ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR No. 55 of 04/14/1944
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 234. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 0207 of May 5, 1943
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces of July 10, 1944
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces of February 19, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 25 of September 25, 1943
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 119 of June 26, 1944
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 121 of June 27, 1944
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 128 of July 3, 1944
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 160 of July 31, 1944
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 203 of October 23, 1944
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 231 of January 19, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 235 of January 20, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 240 of January 22, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 255 of January 26, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 269 of February 4, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 282 of February 17, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 309 dated March 25, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 317 of March 29, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 333 of April 9, 1945
- ↑ Order of the Supreme High Command No. 343 dated April 25, 1945
- ↑ Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter aviation regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 256. - 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. 230 - 234.- 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
Links
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Photos of airplanes and pilots 139 GIAP
- Heroes of World War II
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