263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:

• 1st Special Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
• 401st Special Purpose Fighter Regiment ;
• 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• 263rd Fighter Pomeranian Aviation Regiment;
• The 263rd Fighter Aviation Pomeran Order of the Suvorov Regiment;
• Field mail 49718.

The 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, according to the order of the Chief of the 1st Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Red Army Air Force, was formed from the 401st Fighter Aviation Regiment of special assignment on August 16, 1941.

The 263rd Fighter Aviation Pomeran Order of the Suvorov Regiment was disbanded as part of the 3rd Guards Aviation Division of the 16th Air Army of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. Flight technical staff is aimed at replenishing the 32nd , 63rd and 137th guards. iap ^{[1] [2] [3]}

As part of the army ^[4] :

• from August 22, 1941 to October 12, 1941,
• from April 1, 1942 to August 3, 1942,
• from November 1, 1942 to April 29, 1943,
• from May 26, 1943 to September 30, 1943,
• from June 21, 1944 to September 8, 1944,
• from November 12, 1944 to May 9, 1945

• Luban offensive operation - from April 1, 1942 to April 30, 1942
• Voronezh-Voroshilovgrad operation - from June 28, 1942 to July 24, 1942.
• Velikolukskaya offensive operation - from November 24, 1942 to January 20, 1943.
• The breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad - from January 12, 1943 to January 30, 1943.
• Smolensk strategic offensive operation (Operation Suvorov) ^[6] - from August 7, 1943 to October 2, 1943
  • Spas-Demen operation ^[6] - from August 7, 1943 to August 20, 1943
  • Smolensk-Roslavl offensive operation - from September 15, 1943 to October 2, 1943.
• Belarusian strategic offensive operation (Operation Bagration) ^[6] - from June 23, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
• Bobruisk operation - from June 24, 1944 to June 29, 1944.
• The Baranovichi operation - from July 5, 1944 to July 16, 1944.
• East Prussian operation - from January 13, 1945 to April 25, 1945.
• The East Pomeranian Operation ^[6] - from February 10, 1945 to April 4, 1945.
• Berlin operation ^[6] - from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945

The 263rd Pomeranian Fighter Aviation Regiment for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command in battles with German invaders while taking possession of the cities of Stettin , Gartz , Penkun , Kozelov, Schwedt and the valor and courage displayed at the same time by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of June 4, 1945 awarded the Order of Suvorova III degree ".

The 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of April 5, 1945 was awarded the honorary title “Pomeranian” for distinguishing itself in battles for the capture of the city of Kezlin ^[7]

For the displayed samples of courage and heroism, the Supreme Commander of the regiment was thanked:

• For the capture of the city and the fortress Osovets ^[8]
• For capturing the cities of Naidenburg, Tannenberg, Pascal and Allendorf ^[9]
• For mastering the city of Allenstein ^[10]
• For seizing the city of Elbing ^[11]
• For the capture of the city and the fortress of Gdansk ^[12]
• For mastering the city of Stettin ^[13]
• For mastering the cities of Stralsund, Grimmen, Demmin, Malchin, Waren, Wesenberg ^[14]
• For mastering the cities of Rostock and Warnemünde ^[15]
• For capturing the cities of Barth, Bad Doberan, Neubukov, Barin, Wittenberg ^[16]
• For the capture of the port and the naval base Swinemünde ^[17]
• For mastering the island of Rügen ^[18]

•    Suprun Stepan Pavlovich , Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the 401st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Special Purpose of the 23rd Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Western Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on July 22, 1941, was awarded the title of twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously.
•   Alifanov, Nikolai Grigorievich, commander of the 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for courage and heroism by decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council dated May 1, 1957.
•   Pyotr Dmitrievich Egorov , Colonel, Commander of the 263rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 215th Fighter Aviation Division of the 8th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 4th Air Army, was awarded the title Hero of Russia on April 14, 1995. Golden Star of the Hero of Russia No. 144.
•   Mikhail Zelenkin , commander of the regiment squadron, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on May 15, 1946 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
•   Nazarenko Dmitry Pavlovich , fought in the regiment from December 1944 to May 1945, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union being the commander of the squadron of the 131st fighter aviation regiment.

Regiment pilots who shot down 5 or more enemy aircraft during the years of World War II ^{[19] [20]} :

Total for the years of World War II regiment ^[21] :

Their losses ^[5] :

• The team of authors. List No. 12 of the aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which were part of the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1960. - T. Appendix to the directive of the General Staff dated January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - 96 p.
• Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All Stalin's fighter regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - A popular science publication. - Moscow: Yauza-Press, 2014. - p. 503 - 506. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

1. List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
2. Heroes of World War II
3. Air Force combat composition
4. The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
5. World War II Aviators