486th Fighter Aviation Regiment

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

• 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment ;
• 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• 486th Fighter Order of the Suvorov Aviation Regiment;
• 486th Fighter Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Aviation Regiment;
• Field mail 49683.

The 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed by renaming the 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment on December 26, 1941 by order of the commander of the 51st Army ^[1]

The 486th fighter aviation orders of the Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment was disbanded on September 7, 1960, together with the 279th Iad in the 57th VA PrikVO ^{[2] [3] [4]}

As part of the army ^[5] :

• from December 26, 1941 to May 28, 1942,
• from October 7, 1942 to January 17, 1943,
• from May 8, 1943 to December 8, 1943,
• from May 15, 1944 to May 11, 1945.

• The Kerch-Feodosiya landing operation - from December 26, 1941 to April 15, 1942.
• The defense of Sevastopol - from December 26, 1941 to April 15, 1942.
• The fighting on the Kerch Peninsula - from January 28, 1942 to April 15, 1942.
• The Kerch defensive operation - from January 18, 1942 to January 31, 1942.
• Defense of Crimea - from January 28, 1942 to April 15, 1942
• Battle of Kursk - from July 5, 1943 to July 12, 1943.
• Oryol operation - from July 12, 1943 to August 18, 1943.
• Chernihiv-Pripyat operation - from August 26, 1943 to September 30, 1943.
• The Belarusian operation "Bagration" - from June 23, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
• Bobruisk operation - from June 24, 1944 to June 29, 1944.
• The Minsk operation - from June 29, 1944 to July 4, 1944.
• Baranavichy operation - from July 5, 1944 to July 16, 1944.
• Lublin-Brest operation - from July 18, 1944 to August 2, 1944.
• Iasi-Chisinau operation - from August 20, 1944 to August 29, 1944.
• The Belgrade operation - from September 28, 1944 to October 20, 1944.
• Debrecen operation - from October 6, 1944 to October 28, 1944.
• Budapest operation - from October 29, 1944 to February 13, 1945.
• The Western Carpathian operation - from January 12, 1945 to February 18, 1945.
• The Balaton Defensive Operation - from March 6, 1945 to March 15, 1945.
• Vienna offensive operation - from March 16, 1945 to April 15, 1945.
• Bratislava-Brnovsk offensive operation - from March 25, 1945 to May 5, 1945.
• Prague operation - from May 6, 1945 to May 11, 1945.

• The 486th fighter aviation regiment was decreed by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 4, 1945 for exemplary performance of command missions in battles with the German invaders in the capture of the cities of Jaromerice, Znojmo, Gollabrunn, Shtokkerau and shown valor and courage with the Order of Suvorov III degree.
• The 486th fighter aviation regiment was decreed by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 4, 1945 for exemplary performance of command missions in battles with the German invaders during the capture of the cities of Korneiburg, Floridsdorf and the courage shown in this, was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky II degree.

For the examples of courage and heroism shown by the Supreme Commander of the division, thanks are declared:

• For the capture of the cities of Cluj and Szeged ^[7] .
• For the capture of the cities of Magyarovar and Kremnica ^[8] /
• For the mastery of the cities of Malacki, Brook, Previdza, Banovce ^[9] .
• For the mastery of the city of Brno ^[10] .
• For the capture of the cities of Jaromerice, Znojmo, Gollabrunn and Stockerau ^[11] .

•   Girich Andrei Ivanovich , Major, squadron commander of the 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 279th Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Air Army By the Decree of the Supreme Council of the USSR on February 23, 1945 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 2277.
•   Gusarov Nikolai Mikhailovich , major, navigator of the 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 279th Fighter Aviation Division of the 6th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 16th Air Army By the Decree of the Supreme Council of the USSR on February 4, 1944 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 3235.
•   Dmitry Medvedev , Major, commander of the 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 279th Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Air Army By the Decree of the Supreme Council of the USSR on May 15, 1946, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 7522.

The future cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Komarov , served in the regiment in 1952-1954.

Total years of World War II regiment ^{[6] [12]} :

Its losses ^[6] :

• 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. 611. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
• 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 .

1. List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
2. Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
3. Heroes of World War II
4. Air force
5. World War II Aviators