Air Force 10th Army

Air Force
10th Army
(Air Force 10th Army)
Air Force; 10th Army; (Air Force 10th Army)
Troops	Air force
Type of army	fighter aircraft ; bomber aircraft
Formation	01/25/1942
Dissolution (transformation)	05/12/1942
Predecessor	28th Mixed Aviation Division
Successor	215th Mixed Aviation Division
Battle way
	The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1942): Moscow battle;

The Air Force of the 10th Army (Air Force of the 10th Army) is an operational aviation unit of the times of World War II .

Title History

28th mixed aviation division ;
Air Force of the 10th Army;
215th mixed aviation division ;
215th Fighter Aviation Division ;
215th Tannenberg Fighter Aviation Division ;
215th Fighter Aviation Tannenberg Red Banner Division .

Formation

The Air Forces of the 10th Army were formed on January 25, 1942 according to the Directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command ^[1] on the basis of the 28th mixed aviation division .

Reformation

The Air Force of the 10th Army on May 12, 1942, on the basis of the Order of the NPO of the USSR ^{[2], was} assigned to form the 215th mixed aviation division .

Air Force Commander 10th Army

Colonel Nestertsev Victor Efimovich ^[3] ^[4] , the period of office - from October 1941 to November 1941.

As part of associations

date	Front (district)
01/25/1942	Western front
05/12/1942	Western front

Participation in operations and battles

The Battle of Moscow - from December 5, 1941 to April 20, 1942.

Parts and Separate Divisions of the Division

Over the entire period of its existence, the combat structure of the air force of the army underwent changes, at different times its composition included:

Period	Name
02/01/42 - 02/28/1942	20th Fighter Aviation Regiment ^[5]
01/25/1942 - 02/10/1942	32nd Fighter Aviation Regiment ^[5]
01/25/1942 - 03/30/1942	66th Fighter Aviation Regiment ^[5]
12/02/1941 - 01/25/1942	706th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
01/07/1942 - 05/22/1942	681st short-range bomber aviation regiment
05/13/1942 - 05/19/1942	684th Near Bomber Aviation Regiment
01/25/1942 - 03/30/1942	685th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
05/09/1942 - 03/01/1943	880th Mixed Aviation Regiment
02/28/1942 - 05/28/1942	359th Separate Aviation Squadron

Distinguished Warriors

Afanasyev Mikhail Andreevich , Air Force Command Division Head of the 10th Army of the Western Front By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 27, 1945, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 6533.

Notes

↑ Directive of the Council of General Staff on October 22, 1941
↑ Order of NCO No. 0081 of May 5, 1942
↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 2. - S. 403. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 702-704. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
↑ 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 .-- 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

Literature

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 .
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. 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.
Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part I (June - December 1941) / Grylev A.N .. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - 84 p.
Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part II (January - December 1942) / Grylev A.N .. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1966. - 266 p.

Links

List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
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

[1] Directive of the Council of General Staff on October 22, 1941

[2] Order of NCO No. 0081 of May 5, 1942

[3] Collective of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 2. - S. 403. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .

[4] Collective of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2 .-- S. 702-704. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .

[P-5] 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 .-- 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .