743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

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

• 84th "A" Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 348th Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• Military unit Field mail 15463

The 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed by renaming the 348th Fighter Aviation Regiment on January 10, 1942.

• On July 2, 1943, the 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was transferred from the Space Forces Air Force to the air defense forces of the vehicle ^[1] ;
• On October 15, 1951, the 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Air Defense Forces was transferred from the Air Defense Forces to the 48th Air Army of the Odessa Military District and was named the 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

As part of the army ^[2] :

• from August 12, 1943 to December 31, 1943;
• from October 4, 1944 to May 9, 1945.

• Captain Ivanov Sergey Alexandrovich ^[3] (died), 01/10/1942 - 04/25/1942
• Major Prilepko Ivan Pavlovich ^[3] , 04/26/1942 - 02.1944
• Major Vishnyakov Ivan Pavlovich ^[3] , 02/19/1944 - 12/31/1945

• The fights on the Crimean peninsula - from January 10, 1942 to March 31, 1942
• The defense of Sevastopol - from March 31, 1942 to May 18, 1942
• Air Defense Forces of the Odessa Military District
• Air Defense Forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front
• Air Defense Forces of the Separate Maritime Army

The first known airborne victory of the regiment in the Patriotic War was won on February 25, 1942: Senior Lieutenant K.B. B. B. in an air battle in the area of ​​Art. Taman - Art. Tomilnya shot down a German He-111 bomber .

•   Pyotr Batyrev , a regiment pilot, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Being Assistant Air Rifle Officer of the commander of the 163rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 229th Fighter Aviation Division of the 4th Air Army on February 23, 1945. Posthumously.
•   Victor Ivanovich Borodachev , a regiment pilot, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Being the commander of a squadron of the 40th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division of the 5th Fighter Aviation Corps of the 2nd Air Army on July 1, 1944 The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 2339.
•   Redhead Leonid Kirillovich , a regiment pilot, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Being the squadron commander of the 347th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 193rd Fighter Aviation Division of the 13th Fighter Corps of the 16th Air Force. Soviet Union. Gold Star number 9024

Total for the years of World War II regiment ^{[3] [6]} :

Their losses ^[3] :

• The team of authors. List No. 11 of formations, units and subdivisions of the country's Air Defense Forces, which were part of the Active Army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Zavizion. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1973. - T. Directive of the General Staff of 1973 No. DGSH-044. - 112 s.
• Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter regiment regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - A popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-Press, 2014. - p. 408. - 944 p. - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
• M. Yu. Bykov. All Aces of Stalin 1936-1953 .. - A popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-Press LLC, 2014. - P. 702. - 1392 p. - (Elite Encyclopedia of the Air Force). - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3 .

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 combat composition
5. The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
6. World War II Aviators