The 24th Fighter Aviation Division is an aviation military unit of fighter aircraft of the USSR Armed Forces in the Great Patriotic War .
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|---|---|---|
| Armed forces |  USSR Armed Forces | |
| Type of Armed Forces |   Air force | |
| The type of troops (forces) | fighter aircraft | |
| Formation | 08/12/1940 | |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 07/06/1941 | |
| Combat areas | ||
Moscow Air Defense | ||
| Continuity | ||
| Predecessor | 57th Fighter Aviation Brigade | |
| Successor | 6th Air Defense Fighter Corps | |
Content
- 1 Formation of the division
- 2 Division
- 3 In the army
- 4 Composition
- 5 Submission
- 6 Division commanders
- 7 Participation in operations and battles
- 8 Base
- 9 notes
- 10 Literature
- 11 Links
Division Formation
The 24th Fighter Aviation Division was formed on August 12, 1940 by conversion from the 57th Fighter Aviation Brigade on the basis of the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR [1]
Division
The 24th Fighter Aviation Division on July 6, 1941, based on the Order of the NPO, was directed to form the 6th Fighter Aviation Air Defense Corps [2]
In the army
As part of the army [3] :
- from June 22, 1941 to July 6, 1941, total - 15 days
Composition
| Parts | Period |
|---|---|
| 11th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 08/12/1940 - 07/06/1941 |
| 16th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 08/12/1940 - 07/06/1941 |
| 24th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 08/12/1940 - 07/06/1941 |
| 27th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 08/12/1940 - 07/06/1941 |
| 34th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 08/12/1940 - 07/06/1941 |
| 120th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 10.24.1940 - 07/06/1941 |
| 176th Fighter Aviation Regiment | 03/27/1941 - 05/01/1941 |
Submission
| date of | Front (district) | Army | Body | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/12/1940 | Moscow Military District | District Air Force | - | - |
| 06/22/1941 | Moscow Military District | District Air Force | - | - |
| 07/06/1941 | Moscow Military District | District Air Force | - | - |
Division Commanders
| Rank | Name | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel | Sbytov, Nikolai Alexandrovich | 08/12/1940 - | |
| Colonel | Klimov, Ivan Dmitrievich [4] | 02/11/1941 - 07/04/1941 |
Participation in operations and battles
- Moscow air defense - from June 22, 1941 to July 6, 1941
Basing
- Lyubertsy, Moscow Region
Notes
- ↑ Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 1344-524ss of July 25, 1940
- ↑ Order of the NPO of the USSR No. 0041 of June 19, 1941
- ↑ Collective of authors. List No. 6 of the cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that were part of the field 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, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 77 p.
- ↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2. - P. 592 - 593. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
Literature
- Team of authors. List No. 6 of the cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that were part of the field 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, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 77 p.
- Team of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2. - P. 592 - 593. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- 944 p. - 1,500 copies - 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
- The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
- World War II Aviators
- “The Liberation of Cities: A Guide to the Liberation of Cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” / M. L. Dudarenko, Yu. G. Pereshny, V. T. Eliseev and others. - M.: Military Publishing House, 1985. - 598 p. Electronic version