The Air Force of the 4th Shock Army (Air Force of the 4th Shock Army) is an operational aviation unit of the times of World War II .
 Air Force4th strike army (Air Force 4th strike army) | |
|---|---|
| Troops | Air force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft bomber aircraft |
| Formation | 12/25/1941 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 05/10/1942 |
| Successor | 210th Fighter Aviation Division |
| Battle way | |
The Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1942):
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Content
Formation
The air forces of the 4th shock army began their formation on December 25, 1941 on the basis of giving the air units simultaneously with the formation of the 4th shock army as part of the reserve of the Supreme High Command based on the units and formations of the 27th army .
Disbandment
The Air Force of the 4th Shock Army on May 10, 1942, was disbanded in connection with the revision of the plans for Betting on the Use of Aviation in Combat Operations and with the concentration of aviation units and formations in the air armies, and the Air Force Command of the 4th Shock Army was turned to the formation of the 210th fighter aviation division .
In the army
As part of the army [1] :
- from December 25, 1941 to May 10, 1942.
Air Force Commander, 4th Shock Army
- Colonel Baydukov Georgy Filippovich [2] , the period of office - from March 1, 1941 to May 10, 1942
As part of associations
| date | Front (district) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 12/25/1941 | Headquarters | |
| 12/27/1941 | Northwest Front | |
| 01/22/1942 | Kalinin Front | |
| 05/10/1942 | Kalinin Front |
Army Air Force units and separate units
Over the entire period of its existence, the combat structure of the air force of the army underwent changes, at various times its composition included [3] [4] :
| Period | Name of compounds | Name of parts | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/22/1942 - 02/22/1942 | 4th Mixed Aviation Division | 21st Fighter Aviation Regiment | LaGG-3 , transferred to the Air Force |
| 01/22/1942 - 02/22/1942 | 4th Mixed Aviation Division | 429th Fighter Aviation Regiment | LaGG-3 , transferred to the Air Force |
| 01/22/1942 - 02/22/1942 | 4th Mixed Aviation Division | 659th Fighter Aviation Regiment | I-15bis , transferred to the army air force |
| 01/22/1942 - 01/31/1942 | 4th Mixed Aviation Division | 675th light bomber aviation regiment | R-5 , I-15bis , transferred to the Air Force Front |
| 02/22/1942 - 05/15/1942 | 21st Fighter Aviation Regiment | LaGG-3 , transferred to the 210th Iad | |
| 02/22/1942 - 02.24.1942 | 429th Fighter Aviation Regiment | LaGG-3 , departed in the 16th ziap | |
| 02/22/1942 - 03/15/1942 | 659th Fighter Aviation Regiment | I-15bis , departed in the 16th ziap | |
| 01/22/1942 - 04/01/1942 | 665th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment | U-2 , departed in the Air Force of the 52nd Army | |
| 02/19/1942 - 05/16/1942 | 157th Fighter Aviation Regiment | Hurricane transferred to the 210th Iad | |
| 03/13/1942 - 04/15/1942 | 191st Fighter Aviation Regiment | Hurricane , departed in the 22nd ziap | |
| 02/20/1942 - 04/15/1942 | 438th Fighter Aviation Regiment | LaGG-3 , departed in the 14th ziap | |
| 02/20/1942 - 05/13/1942 | 684th Near Bomber Aviation Regiment | R-5 , transferred to the Air Force of the 10th Army | |
| 02/20/1942 - 05/13/1942 | 695th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment | U-2 , transferred to the 3rd VA | |
| 02/04/1942 - 05/10/1942 | 352nd Separate Aviation Communications Squadron | U-2 |
Participation in operations and battles
- Toropetsky-Kholmsky operation - from January 9, 1942 to February 6, 1942.
Notes
- ↑ Collective of authors. List No. 2 of the directorates of combined-arms, tank, air and sapper armies, air defense armies, military districts and command and control bodies of flotillas that were part of the field army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / A. Grylev. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. The Central Military Archive .. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1970. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1970 No. D-043. - 39 p.
- ↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo field, 2014 .-- T. 2. - P. 403. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- ↑ Collective of authors. The combat structure 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 p.
- ↑ Collective of authors. The combat structure 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.
Literature
- Team of authors. The combat structure 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 p.
- Team of authors. The combat structure 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.
- Team of authors. List No. 2 of the directorates of combined-arms, tank, air and sapper armies, air defense armies, military districts and command and control bodies of flotillas that were part of the field army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / A. Grylev. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. The Central Military Archive .. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1970. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1970 No. D-043. - 39 p.
- Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- 944 p. - 1,500 copies - 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. - P. 403. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
See also
- 4th strike army
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
- World War II Aviators