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23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (1938)

The 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 23rd IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the USSR Red Army , which took part in the hostilities during the liberation of Western Ukraine (1939) , the Soviet-Finnish War (1940) , and the annexation of Bessarabia ( 1940) and in the first battles of World War II .

Flag of the Soviet Air Force.svg 23rd fighter
air regiment
TroopsAir force
Type of armyfighter aircraft
Formation05/01/1938
Dissolution (transformation)09/15/1941
Successor526th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Battle way

Liberation of Western Ukraine (1939)
Soviet-Finnish War (1940)
Joining Bessarabia
World War II (1941):

  • Border battles
  • Lviv-Lutsk defensive operation
  • Uman defensive operation
  • Kiev operation
  • Korosten defensive operation
  • Defensive operation on the outskirts of Kiev

Content

Shelf Names

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

  • 65th Separate Aviation Squadron (previously 1932-1938) [1] .
  • 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (05/01/1938 - 09/15/1941).
  • 526th Fighter Aviation Regiment (September 15, 1941 - December 6, 1941).
  • 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (6/12/1941 - 10/29/1943).
  • 2nd Guards Fighter Red Banner Aviation Regiment (10/29/1943 - 07/19/1944).
  • The 2nd Guards Fighter Red Banner Orsha Aviation Regiment (07/19/1944 - 02/19/1945).
  • The 2nd Guards Fighter Orshansky Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Aviation Regiment (02/19/1945 - 12/29/1967).
  • The 2nd Guards Orshansky Red Banner Order of Suvorov Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers (12/29/1967 - 1979).
  • The 2nd Guards Orshansky Red Banner Order of Suvorov Bomber Aviation Regiment (1979-2010).
  • 6980th Guards Orsha Red Banner Order of Suvorov III degree air base (2010 - present) [1] .
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The 23rd fighter aviation regiment was formed from May 1 to May 14, 1938 in the Kiev military district in Kiev on the basis of the 36th, 65th and 134th separate fighter aviation squadrons on I-15bis aircraft . He became part of the 69th fighter aircraft brigade of the Air Force KVO.

Rename a shelf

The 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment on September 15, 1941, while being reorganized in the 6th Reserve Fighter Aviation Regiment , was reorganized and renamed the 526th Fighter Aviation Regiment .

In the army

As part of the army during the Great Patriotic War [2] :

  • from June 22, 1941 to July 22, 1941.

Regiment Commanders

In 1932-1936 The 65th air squadron was commanded by A. Zakharov, from 1937 to 05/14/1938 - Senior Lieutenant Pavel Rychagov [1] . After reorganization in the air regiment:

  • Colonel Jansek [1] , 05.1938 - 08.1939 [1]
  • Colonel Sidorenko Anton Ivanovich [3] , 08.1939 - 07.20.1941
  • captain , major , lieutenant colonel Metelkin Petr Maximovich (died) [3] , 07/20/1941 - 05/30/1942

As part of formations and associations

PeriodFront (district)armyArmy air forcedivisionnote
05/01/1938Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-15 bis
03/01/1939Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-15 bis, two regiment squadrons received I-16
09/17/1939Ukrainian frontAir force front69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-15 bis, I-16 , participation in the liberation of Western Ukraine
09/29/1939Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-15 bis, I-16
10/01/1939Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force69th Fighter Aviation Brigadecompletely re-equipped on I-153 , Sknilow airfield ( Lviv )
02.17.1940Northwest Front7th Army7th Army Air Force59th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-153 , Karelian Isthmus
03.03.1940Northwest Front7th Army7th Army Air Force59th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-153 , participation in the Soviet-Finnish war
03/14/1940Northwest Front7th Army7th Army Air Force59th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-153 , Karelian Isthmus
04/01/1940Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-153
06/28/1940South front12th armyAir Force 12th Army69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-153 , participation in the liberation of Bessarabia
07/10/1940Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force69th Fighter Aviation BrigadeI-153
07/25/1940Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force15th Mixed Aviation DivisionI-153
04/20/1941Kiev Military DistrictDistrict Air Force15th Mixed Aviation DivisionI-153 , aero. Adams, retraining on the MiG-3
06/22/1941Southwestern frontAir force front15th Mixed Aviation DivisionI-153 , I-16 , MiG-3
07/15/1941Southwestern frontAir force front15th Mixed Aviation DivisionHe handed over the entire materiel and pilots to the 28th IAP, and went off to staff and retrain
08/26/1941Volga Military DistrictDistrict Air Force6th Spare Fighter Aviation RegimentRasskazovo, Penza Region
09/15/1941Volga Military DistrictDistrict Air Force6th Spare Fighter Aviation Regimentrenamed 526th IAP

Participation in operations and battles

Liberation of Western Ukraine (1939)
Soviet-Finnish War (1940)
Joining Bessarabia
World War II (1941):

  • Border battles - from June 22, 1941 to June 27, 1941.
  • Lviv-Lutsk defensive operation - from June 27, 1941 to July 2, 1941.
  • Uman defensive operation - from July 5, 1941 to July 15, 1941.
  • The Kiev operation - from July 7, 1941 to July 15, 1941.
  • Korosten defensive operation - from July 11, 1941 to July 15, 1941.
  • Defensive operation on the outskirts of Kiev - from July 11, 1941 to July 15, 1941.

Regiment's first victory

The regiment's first known air victory in World War II was won on June 22, 1941: Captain Surnov N.A., piloting the MiG-3 , shot down a German Me-109 fighter in an air battle in the Brody area.

Distinguished Warriors

  •   Bekashonok Mikhail Vasilievich , a regiment pilot who went through the war in the Soviet-Finnish war as part of the regiment, being a captain, assistant commander of the 129th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment for the Air Shooting Service of the 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps Air Force, June 27, 1945 awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star No. 6556.

Combat Statistics

In total, during the period of hostilities from June 22 to July 27, 1941 as part of the 15th Garden Regiment [4] :

Missions completedLost aircraftPilots died
790489

Armed aircraft

PeriodAircraft
1938 - 1941I-15 bis
1938 - 1941I-16
1938 - 1941I-153
1941 - 1942MiG-3

Notes

  1. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Nikolsky, Mikhail 2nd Guards Red Banner Orshansky Order of Suvorov, 3rd class Bomber Aviation Regiment (Neopr.) . Air Force Planet (September 28, 2014). Date of treatment November 24, 2015. Archived November 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Pokrovsky A.P. List No. 12 of 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: Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - M . : Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff, 1960. - 96 p.
  3. ↑ 1 2 Anokhin V.A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 21. - 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
  4. ↑ Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 22 .-- 944 p. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

Literature

  • Pokrovsky A.P. 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: Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - M. : Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff, 1960. - 96 p.
  • Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 21. - 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .

Links

  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. The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
  6. World War II Aviators
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=23th_fighter_aviation_polk_(1938)&oldid=97543298


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