168th Fighter Aviation Regiment

For the entire period of its existence, the regiment did not change its name:

• 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• The 168th mixed aviation regiment;
• 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment;
• The 168th Fighter Aviation Order of the Suvorov Regiment;
• Military unit 29601.

The 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed from September 23, 1940 to January 1, 1941 in the Odessa Military District at the airfield of Kirovograd as part of the 45th OdVO Combined Air Force Division on I-16 airplanes. In May 1941 he relocated to the station. Kolosovka, Odessa region, and joined the 21st mixed aviation division of the Air Force OdVO.

• In connection with the reduction of the composition of the USSR Armed Forces, on July 15, 1991, the 85th Guards Fighter Aviation Sevastopol Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Fighter Aviation Regiment was withdrawn from the Western group of troops to the airfield of the regiment , which was connected to the 168th IAP and was named 85 th Guards Fighter Aviation Sevastopol Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Fighter Aviation Regiment .
• in January 1992, the regiment joined the Air Force of Ukraine;
• The 85th Guards Fighter Aviation Sevastopol Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment during the ongoing reform was disbanded as part of the Ukrainian Air Force in October 2003.

As part of the army ^[1] :

• from June 22, 1941 to October 3, 1941;
• from November 29, 1941 to May 5, 1944;
• from October 17, 1944 to May 9, 1945.

• Major , Lieutenant Colonel Yaroslavtsev Semen Dmitrievich ^[2] , 09/23/1940 - 07/20/1942
• Captain , Major Pilshchikov Konstantin Aleksandrovich ^[2] , 07/20/1942 - 06/11/1943
• Lieutenant Colonel Danilov Andrei Stepanovich ^[2] , July 6, 1943 - November 7, 1943
• Lieutenant Colonel , Colonel ^[3] Grigory Kogrushev ^[2] , 12/06/1943 - 05/28/1946

• Border battles in Moldova ^[4] - from June 22, 1941 to June 29, 1941.
• Donbas operation - from September 29, 1941 to November 4, 1941.
• Kaluga offensive operation - from December 25, 1941 to January 5, 1942.
• Rzhev-Vyazemsky operation - from January 8, 1942 to January 27, 1942.
• Battle of Rzhev - from February 27, 1942 to February 18, 1943.
• Rzhev-Vyazema offensive operation - from March 2, 1943 to March 31, 1943
• Kursk battle :
  • Bolkhov-Orlov offensive - from July 12, 1943 to August 18, 1943
• Smolensk Strategic Offensive Operation (Operation Suvorov) - from August 7, 1943 to October 2, 1943
  • Spas-Demen offensive operation - from August 7, 1943 to August 20, 1943
  • Elninsko-Dorogobuzh offensive - from August 28, 1943 to September 6, 1943
  • Smolensk-Roslavl offensive operation - from September 15, 1943 to October 2, 1943
• Orsha offensive operation - October 12, 1943 to December 2, 1943
  • Vitebsk operation - from December 23, 1943 to January 6, 1944
  • Bogushevskaya operation - from January 8, 1944 to January 24, 1944
  • Vitebsk operation - from February 3, 1944 to February 16, 1944
  • Private operation on the Orsha direction - from February 22, 1944 to February 25, 1944
  • Vitebsk operation - from February 29, 1944 to March 5, 1944
  • Orsha operation - from March 5, 1944 to March 9, 1944
  • Bogushevskaya operation - from March 21, 1944 to March 29, 1944
• Memel offensive operation ^[4] - from October 17, 1944 to November 24, 1944
• Gumbinnen-Goldap operation ^[4] - from October 17, 1944 to October 30, 1944
• Insterburg-Konigsberg operation ^[4] - from January 13, 1945 to January 27, 1945
• Rustenburg-Hejlsberg offensive operation ^[4] - from January 27, 1945 to March 12, 1945
• Braunsberg Offensive Operation ^[4] - March 13, 1945 to March 22, 1945
• Zemland offensive operation ^[4] - from April 13, 1945 to April 25, 1945
• Königsberg assault ^[4] - from April 6, 1945 to April 9, 1945

The first known airborne victory of the regiment in World War II was won on June 24, 1941: I-16 (leading senior lieutenant Plyasunov GK) was shot down in an air battle in the Dniester estuary by two German bomber Ju-87 .

The regiment from May 20, 1944 at the airfield Old Torop reformed by the state 015/364 and retrained to fighter-bombers Yak-9L ("lyukovy", Yak-9B). Retraining ended October 1, 1944. The regiment on June 13 received 34 Yak-9L aircraft. On board the aircraft carried the name "Moscow". The presentation of the aircraft took place on the airfield of plant number 301 in Khimki: among the Moscow delegates were the secretary of the party committee of the plant named after Stalin Kuznetsov, the executive secretary of the Moscow City Council Majorov, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union Ivan Vasilievich Doronin . From the side of the regiment, the airplanes were received by the commander of the 130th Fighter Aviation Division, Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel F.I. Shinkarenko, and the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel Kogrushev, who entered the regiment and was formed to test the Yak-9L fighter-bomber (Yak- 9b). On October 17, 1944, the regiment began combat operations as part of a division in the 1st Air Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front on Yak-9L aircraft.

The 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command in battles with the German invaders while mastering the cities of Tapiau, Allenburg, Nodenburg, Lettsen and the valor and courage displayed at the same time was awarded the Order of Suvorov of the 3rd Degree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet of February 19, 1945 " .

For the examples of courage and heroism shown by the Supreme Commander in the 330th Division, the regiment was thanked for taking the city of Smolensk ^[5] .

For the displayed samples of courage and heroism, the Supreme Commander in the 130th division declared thanks:

• for the breakthrough of the long-term, deeply echeloned German defense in East Prussia ^[6] .
• for the capture of the cities of Tilsit , Gross-Skaysgirren, Aulovenen, Gillen and Caukemen ^[7] .
• for the capture of the city of Insterburg ^[8] .
• for mastering the cities of Tapiau , Allenburg , Nordenburg and Letzen ^[9] .
• for mastering the cities of Heilsberg and Friedland ^[10] .
• for the mastery of the cities of Wormditt and Melzac ^[11] .
• for mastering the city Heiligenbil ^[12] .
• for the defeat of a group of German troops southwest of Koenigsberg ^[13] .
• for the capture of the city and the fortress Pillau ^[14] .

•   Artamonov Alexei Alekseevich , lieutenant, junior pilot of the 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 45th Mixed Aviation Division of the Air Force of the 18th Army of the Southern Front, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 27, 1942. Posthumously.

Total for the years of World War II regiment ^[2] :

Their losses ^[2] :

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• List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II
• List of plane losses of the USSR Air Force in the Afghan war

• Squadron "Moscow"
• Soviet aviation in World War II (inaccessible link)
• Heroes of World War II
• Air Force combat composition
• The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
• World War II Aviators