133rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

• 133rd Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• 133rd fighter aviation Baranavichy regiment;
• 133rd Fighter Aviation Baranavichy Red Banner Regiment;
• Field mail 40590.

The 133rd fighter aviation regiment was formed in the Moscow military district at the airfield of Dubrovitsy in the Podolsky district of the Moscow region from March to May 1940.

On May 31, 1961, the 133rd fighter aviation Baranavichy Red Banner Regiment was disbanded as part of the 229th Iad of the 26th VA of the Belarusian Military District at Kobrin airfield.

As part of the army ^[1] :

• from November 23, 1941 to June 25, 1942,
• from October 17, 1942 to December 14, 1942,
• from May 28, 1943 to August 13, 1943,
• from October 1, 1943 to May 9, 1945.

The first known air victory of the regiment in World War II was won on February 20, 1942: a pair of I-153 (leader - Lieutenant Wild M. P.) in an air battle in the area south of the station. Akmonai shot down an enemy bomber Xe-111 .

• Kerch-Feodosia landing operation - from December 25, 1941 to January 2, 1942
• The defense of Sevastopol - from January 28, 1942 to April 15, 1942.
• The Velikiye Luki offensive operation - from November 24, 1942 to December 14, 1942.
• The Rzhev-Vyazemsky offensive operation of 1943 - from March 1, 1943 to March 30, 1943
• Battle of Kursk - 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.
• Vistula-Oder operation - from January 12, 1945 to February 3, 1945.
• Warsaw-Poznan operation - from January 14, 1945 to February 3, 1945.
• East Pomeranian operation - from February 10, 1945 to March 20, 1945.
• The Berlin operation - from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945.

The 133rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was awarded the honorary name "Baranovichi" on July 27, 1944 for the difference in battles for the seizure of the city of Baranovichi ^[3]

The 133rd Baranavichy Fighter Aviation Regiment For the exemplary performance of command missions in battles with the German invaders for the seizure of the city of Warsaw and the courage shown at the same time, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of War by Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet ^[4]

For the examples of courage and heroism shown to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the regiment as part of the division, thanks are declared:

• For the mastery of the city of Brest ^[5] .
• For the capture of the fortress of Prague ^[6] .
• For the mastery of the cities of Sochaczew , Skierniewice and Lovic ^[7] .
• For the capture of the cities of Lodz , Kutno , Tomaszow (Tomaszow), Gostynin and Lęczyca ^[8] .
• For the mastery of the cities of Belguard, Treptow, Greifenberg, Cummin, Gultsov, Plate ^[9] .
• For the mastery of the cities of Gollnov, Stepenitz and Massov ^[10]
• For the mastery of the city of Altdamm ^[11]

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

• For the breakthrough of the strongly fortified German defense, covering the Bobruisk direction ^[12] .
• For the mastery of the city of Baranavichy and Baranavichy fortified area ^[13] .
• For crossing the Shara River and for the capture of the cities Slonim and Luninets ^[14] .
• For the mastery of the city of Warsaw ^[15] .
• For the mastery of the cities of Sochaczew , Skierniewice and Lovic ^[7] .
• For the capture of the cities of Lodz , Kutno , Tomaszow (Tomaszow), Gostynin and Lęczyca ^[8] .
• For the mastery of the cities of Wloclawek , Brzeцc Kujawski and Kolo ^[16] .
• For the capture of the cities of Hohensalz (Inowroclaw), Alexandrov, Argenau and Labishin ^[17] .
• For the mastery of the cities of Berwalde, Tempelburg , Falkenburg , Drumburg , Vangerin , Labes , Freienwalde , Schiefelbein, Regenwalde and Curlin ^[18] .
• For the capture of the cities of Frankfurt an der Oder , Wandlitz, Oranienburg , Birkenwerder , Gennigsdorf, Pankov , Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Kepenik and the entry into the capital of Germany, the city of Berlin ^[19] .
• For the mastery of the cities Rathenov , Spandau , Potsdam ^[20] .
• For the mastery of the city of Berlin ^[21] .

•   Ovodov Yakov Leontyevich , Major, Assistant Commander of the 133rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 234th Fighter Aviation Division of the 6th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 16th Air Army, May 15, 1946 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 7009
•   Viktor Yashin , captain, squadron commander of the 133rd fighter aviation regiment of the 234th fighter aviation division of the 6th fighter aviation corps of the 16th air army, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on October 26, 1944. Gold Star No. 3075

Total years of World War II regiment ^[2] :

Its losses ^[2] :

• 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. 399 - 402. - 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. Photos of aircraft and the results of combat work 133 IAP
3. Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
4. Heroes of World War II
5. Air force
6. World War II Aviators