The 21st Mixed Aviation Division is an aviation military unit of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War .
 21st mixedaviation division | |
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| Troops |  Air Force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft attack aircraft bomber aircraft |
| Formation | 08/01/1940 |
| Disbanding (transformation) | 04/24/1942 |
| Predecessor | 43rd Fighter Aviation Brigade |
| Fighting way | |
Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1942):
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Content
Division Names
Named as the 21st mixed aviation division, there are also the names of the division as the 21st aviation division .
Division Formation
The 21st mixed aviation division was formed in August 1940 on the basis of the Decree of the USSR SNK [1] on the basis of the 43rd Fighter Brigade of the Air Force of the Odessa Military District.
Division disbandment
The 21st mixed aviation division was disbanded on April 24, 1942 as part of the Air Force of the Southern Front .
In the army in the army
As part of the army [2] :
- from June 22, 1941 to April 24, 1942.
Division commanders
| Rank | Name | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| the colonel | Galunov Dmitry Pavlovich [3] | 08/08/1940 - 09/15/1941 | Departure Vrid commander of the Air Force 12th Army |
| the colonel | Gubanov Dmitry Andreevich [3] | 09/18/1941 - 12/05/1941 | removed from office, appointed commander training and bombing group UTC Air Force Southern Front |
| the colonel | Dmitry Dmitrievich Popov [3] | 12/06/1941 - 04.24.1942 | appointed to the post of Deputy Air Force Commander of the 37th Army |
Compounds and associations
| date | Front District | Army | Army Air Force | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/01/1940 | Odessa Military District | District Air Force | - | - |
| 06/22/1941 | - | 9th Separate Army | Air Force 9th Army [4] | - |
| 06.25.1941 | South Front | 9th Separate Army | Air Force 9th Army [4] | - |
| 10/01/1941 | South Front | Front Air Force [4] | - | |
| 12/01/1941 | South Front | 37th Army | Air Force 9th Army [4] | - |
| 01/01/1942 | South Front | 18th Army | Air Force 18th Army [5] | - |
| 02/01/1942 | South Front | Front Air Force [5] | - | - |
| 04/24/1942 | South Front | Front Air Force [5] | - | disbanded |
Division Composition
| Parts | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 5th High Speed Bomber Regiment | 08/14/1940 - 03/07/1942 | renamed the 8th Guards. bap |
| 8th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment | 03/07/1942 - 04.24.1942 | Became part of the 5th rag |
| 11th Bomber Aviation Regiment | 08/01/1940 - 02/01/1941 | reformed into the 299th cap |
| 299th Assault Aviation Regiment | 02/01/1941 - 08/23/1941 | 25 I-153, 2 I-15 bis, I-16, IL-2, joined the 6th rag |
| 67th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 08/01/1940 - 10/01/1941 | 64 I-16 (26 faulty), removed from the front for completion in the 4th giap |
| 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 08/01/1940 - 07/19/1941 | 70 I-16 (20 faulty), 5 MiG-3, transferred to the Air Force Primorsky Army |
| 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 05/01/1941 - 07/01/1941 | 61 I-16 (2 faulty), returned to the 45th garden |
| 288th Bomber Aviation Regiment | 09/22/1941 - 04/24/1942 | Su-2, transferred to the 219th Bad |
| 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 11/16/1941 - 12/06/1941 | I-16, became part of the 5th rag |
| 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 12/29/1941 - 01/06/1942 | I-16 entered directly order of the command of the Air Force of the Southern Front |
| 494th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 12/16/1941 - 05.22.1942 | Yak-1, became part of the 229th iad |
| 149th Fighter Aviation Regiment [6] | 10/07/1941 - 03/05/1942 | MiG-3 and LaGG-3, became part of the 20th garden |
Participation in operations and battles
- Border battles in Moldova [3] - from June 22, 1941 to June 29, 1941.
- The Tiraspol-Melitopol operation [3] - from July 27, 1941 to September 28, 1941.
- Donbass-Rostov strategic defensive operation [3] - from September 29, 1941 to November 16, 1941.
- Rostov offensive operation [3] - from November 17, 1941 to December 2, 1941.
- Barvenkovo-Lozovskaya operation [3] - from January 18, 1942 to January 31, 1942.
Assigning Guard ranks
On March 7, 1942, the 5th Bomber Aviation Regiment for the exemplary performance of combat missions and the courage and heroism shown by order of the NKO USSR No. 70 of March 7, 1942, was transformed into the 8th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment .
First air battle victories
Pilot of the 69th iap Shestakov L. L.
The first known victories in air battles in World War II were won:
- On June 23, 1941, pilots of the 67th IAP in group air battles near the town of Bolgrad shot down, according to various sources, from 14 to 18 enemy aircraft [6] .
- On June 24, 1941, the pilots of the 69th IAP, deputy regiment commander, Major L. L. Shestakov, and Captain M. E. Astashkin shot down 3 aircraft: 2 Ju-88 were destroyed over Chisinau, and Do-215 Astashkin shot down on the outskirts of the airfield, having won your second win.
- 06/24/1941 The pilots of the 168th Infantry Infantry I-16 (leading senior lieutenant Plyasunov GK) shot down two German bomber Ju-87 in an air battle near the Dniester estuary [7] .
Distinguished Warriors
- Viktor Vasilyevich Anisimov , captain, squadron commander of the 5th high-speed bomber aviation regiment of the 21st mixed aviation division of the Air Force of the Southern Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet of March 27, 1942, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously.
- Yelokhin Agey Alexandrovich , senior lieutenant, squadron commander of the 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 21st mixed aviation division of the Air Force of the Southern Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated February 10, 1942, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 987.
- Korolev Ivan Georgievich , lieutenant, flight commander of the 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 21st Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Southern Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council of February 10, 1942, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 984.
- Kunits Semen Andreevich , Senior Political Commissar, Commissioner of the Squadron of the 69th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 21st Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Southern Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated February 10, 1942, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Posthumously.
- Georgy Georgievich Nikolaev , junior lieutenant, flight commander of the 288th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 21st Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the Southern Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on June 6, 1942, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Gold Star number 772.
Basing
| Period | Airfields |
|---|---|
| 08/08/1940 - 06/22/1941 | Odessa , Ukraine |
Notes
- ↑ SNK Resolution No. 1344-524ss of July 25, 1940.
- ↑ The team of authors. List No. 6 of cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, antiaircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and assault divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Voenizdat, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 77 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 2. - p. 471, 506, 752. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 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 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 4 5 6 7 8 Anokhin V. А., 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 .
- ↑ Vitaly Orlov. Tomorrow was a war ... Rush Hour, No. 26 (581) of 06/24/2012
Literature
- The team of authors. List No. 6 of cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, antiaircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Pokrovsky. - USSR Ministry of Defense. Military Scientific Department of the General Staff. - Moscow: Voenizdat, 1956. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780. - 77 p.
- 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 . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military Biographical Dictionary / V.P. Goremykin. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 2. - 992 p. - 1000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9950-0341-0 .
Links
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
- Heroes of World War II
- Air Force combat composition
- World War II Aviators