The Air Force of the 2nd Shock Army (Air Force 2 UdA) is the operational aviation formation of the Great Patriotic War .
 air Force2nd Shock Army Air Force 2 Ouda | |
|---|---|
| Troops | Air Force (Air Force) |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft bomber aircraft attack aircraft |
| Formation | 12.25.1941 |
| Disbanding (transformation) | 07/20/1942 |
| Fighting way | |
Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1942):
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Formation
The air forces of the 2nd Shock Army began forming on October 24, 1941 on the basis of imparting aviation units simultaneously with the formation of the 2nd Shock Army [1] as part of the Supreme Command Headquarters reserve in the Volga Military District ( MASSR , CHASSR and other subjects of the RSFSR ) based on units and compounds of the 26th army . The Air Force of the 26th Army at that time included the 704th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment , which became part of the Air Force of the 2nd Shock Army.
On December 18, 1941, the army was incorporated into the Volkhov front and began to develop in the Zelenschina, Malaya Vishera, Novaya, Posad, Vycherem, Moschchanitsa areas, and the army headquarters was located in Falkovo. On December 25, 1941, the army was renamed the 2nd Shock Army [2] .
Disbanding
On July 20, 1942, the Air Force of the 2nd Shock Army was disbanded in connection with the revision of plans. Stakes on the use of aircraft in combat and with the concentration of air units and formations in the composition of air armies .
In the army in the army
As part of the army [3] :
- from December 25, 1941 to July 20, 1942.
2nd Air Force Commander Air Force
The commander of the Air Force of the 2nd Shock Army - Major General Aviation Mikhail Alexandrovich Belishev, was captured from September 26, 1942 [4] , arrested on December 28, 1945, convicted by the Military Collegium of the USSR Supreme Court on charges of surrendering to the enemy without resistance, treason with the transition to the service of the Germans in the camp administration, where he dealt with the betrayal of prisoners of war who tried to escape from the camps, for issuing military secrets to the enemy. Sentenced to death on August 26, 1950. The sentence was executed on August 26, 1950. Rehabilitated on July 4, 1957 by the definition of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.
As part of associations
| date | Front District | Group of troops |
|---|---|---|
| 10.24.1941 | Stake rate | |
| 12/18/1941 | Volkhov front | |
| 04/21/1942 | Leningrad front | Group of troops of the Volkhov direction of the Leningrad front |
| 06/01/1942 | Leningrad front | Volkhov group of troops |
| 06.08.1942 | Volkhov front | |
| 07/20/1942 | Volkhov front |
Army Air Force Parts
Over the entire period of its existence, the combat composition of the air force of the army underwent changes, at different times it consisted of [5] [6] :
| Period | Name of parts | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 12/25/1941 - 02/01/1942 | 121st High Speed Bomber Regiment [6] | SB , transferred to the 4th Army Air Force |
| 12/25/1941 - 07/14/1942 | 522nd Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] [7] | LaGG-3 , launched for completion in the 14th giap |
| 12/25/1941 - 03/30/1942 | 657th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment [6] | R-5 , reformed in the 657th cap |
| 12/25/1941 - 02/01/1942 | 658th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment [6] | Р-Z , transferred to the Air Force of the 59th Army |
| 01/01/1942 - 02/20/1942 | 156th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] [7] | LaGG-3 , launched for completion in the 2nd giap |
| 12/25/1941 - 03/18/1942 | 704th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment [6] | U-2 , redeveloped in Izhevsk |
| 01/30/1942 - 03/26/1942 | 697th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment [6] | U-2 , reorganized into the 697th separate transport aviation regiment |
| 03.26.1942 - 04.16.1942 | 697th Separate Aviation Transport Regiment [6] | U-2 , reorganized into the 844th separate transport aviation regiment |
| 04/16/1942 - 07/01/1942 | 844th Separate Aviation Transport Regiment [6] | U-2 |
| 01/30/1942 - 07/20/1942 | 696th night bomber aviation regiment [6] | U-2 , reorganized into the 696th separate mixed aviation regiment |
| 07/20/1942 - 02/01/1943 | 696th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment | U-2 |
| 02/06/1942 - 03/24/1942 | 185th Fighter Aviation Regiment [7] | MiG-3 , launched for completion in the 2nd giap |
| 02/06/1942 - 06/08/1942 | 313rd Assault Aviation Regiment [6] | IL-2 , transferred to the 1st Var |
| 02/01/1942 - 02.28.1942 | 116th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron [6] | 2 Pe-2 and 7 SB aircraft, transferred to the Air Force of the Volkhov Front |
Participation in operations and battles
- Luban offensive operation - from January 7, 1942 to April 30, 1942.
Notes
- ↑ Order of the Supreme Command Number 004097, dated October 24, 1941.
- ↑ “Russian archive: Great Patriotic War: Supreme Command Rate. Documents and P89 materials. 1941. "T. 16 (5-1). - M .: TERRA, 1996. - 448 s: il. ISBN 5-85255-737-4 (t. 16 (5—1) ISBN 5-250-01774-6
- ↑ The team of authors. List No. 2 directorates of the combined arms, tank, air and sapper armies, air defense armies, military districts and flotilla controls that were part of the army in the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / A. Grylev. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Central Military Archive .. - Moscow: Voenizdat , 1970. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1970 No. D-043. - 39 s.
- ↑ The group to perpetuate the memory of victims of political repression under the leadership of M. M. Mindlin. Martyrology of those executed . The State Archive of the Russian Federation, the Central Archive of the FSB of Russia, the FSB Administration for Moscow and the Moscow Region, with financial support from the American Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Jackson Foundation (USA). . Sakharov Center. The appeal date is November 18, 2015.
- ↑ The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part I (June - December 1941) / Grylev A.N. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - 84 s.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part II. (January - December 1942) / Grylev A.N. - Military-Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR , 1966. - 266 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - A popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-Press, 2014. - 944 p. - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
Literature
- The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part I (June - December 1941) / Grylev A.N. - Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - 84 s.
- The team of authors. The combat composition of the Soviet Army. Part II. (January - December 1942) / Grylev A.N. - Military-Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - M .: Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1966. - 266 p.
- The team of authors. List No. 2 directorates of the combined arms, tank, air and sapper armies, air defense armies, military districts and flotilla controls that were part of the army in the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / A. Grylev. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Central Military Archive .. - Moscow: Voenizdat, 1970. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1970 No. D-043. - 39 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. - 944 p. - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
Links
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
- Heroes of World War II
- Air Force combat composition
- World War II Aviators
- "The liberation of cities: a guide to the liberation of cities during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" / M.L. Dudarenko, Yu.G. Perechnev, V.T. Eliseev, and others. - M .: Voenizdat, 1985. - 598 p. Electronic version