The 605th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 605th IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force ( Air Force ) of the Red Army Armed Forces, which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War .
 605th Fighter Aviationregiment | |
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| Troops |  Air Force |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 10/15/1941 |
| Disbanding (transformation) | 08/29/1942 |
| Fighting way | |
Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1942):
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Content
Shelf Names
For the entire period of its existence, the regiment did not change its name: the 605th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
Shelf history
The 605th Fighter Aviation Regiment began to be formed on October 15, 1941, with the 6th reserve fighter regiment of the Oryol Military District ( Rasskazovo town, Tambov Region) simultaneously with the same 604th IAP on I-5 airplanes. He graduated from the formation on November 15 and was transferred to the Training Center of the IA Air Force KA, where he stayed until November 27, 1941 [1] .
Entered combat operations on November 28, 1941, conducting combat operations as part of the 60th mixed air division of the Western Front air forces on I-5 aircraft. After withdrawal from the front to the rear from January 15, 1942, the regiment arrived in the Volga Military District in Kuznetsk in the 13th reserve fighter aviation regiment , where it was precompiled and proceeded to retrain for the Yak-1 fighters. From February 27, he completed retraining at the Yak-1 at the 3rd Reserve Aviation Brigade of the Volga Military District at the Razboyshchina airfield until May 16, 1942 [1] .
After the retraining was completed, the regiment was incorporated into the air force of the 57th Army of the Southern Front and from May 18 led combat work on the Yak-1 aircraft. From June 2, 1942, it was withdrawn from the front and, by June 11, 1942, arrived in the 16th reserve fighter aviation regiment of the Privolzhsky Military District (settlement of Balanda, Saratov region), where it remained until its disbandment on August 29, 1942 [1] .
As part of the army the regiment was [2] :
- from November 28, 1941 to January 14, 1942;
- from May 18, 1942 to June 2, 1942.
Regiment commanders
- Major , Lieutenant Colonel Fedor Antonovich Loktev [1] , 10/31/1941 - 08/08/1942
Participation in operations and battles
- Tula defensive operation - from November 28, 1941 to December 16, 1941.
- Kaluga operation - from December 17, 1941 to January 5, 1942.
- Rzhev-Vyazemsky operation - from January 8, 1942 to January 15, 1942.
- Kharkiv operation - from May 18, 1942 to May 23, 1942.
Results of the regiment's combat activities
Total for the years of World War II regiment [1] :
| Completed sorties | Shot down aircraft in the air | Destroyed aircraft total |
|---|---|---|
| 355 | 9 | 9 |
Their losses [1] :
| Lost planes, total | Killed pilots just |
|---|---|
| 21 (combat - 16, non-combat - 5) | 14 (combat - 12, non-combat - 2) |
Aircraft in service
| Period | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| 1941 - 1942 | I-5 |
| 1942 - 1942 | Yak-1 |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anokhin V. А., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter regimental regiments. The first full encyclopedia. - A popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-Press, 2014. - p. 660. - 944 p. - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- ↑ The team of authors. List No. 12 of the aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which 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: Military Publishing, 1960. - T. Appendix to the directive of the General Staff dated January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - 96 p.
Literature
- 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 .
- M. Yu. Bykov. All Aces of Stalin 1936-1953 .. - A popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-Press LLC, 2014. - p. 660. - 1392 p. - (Elite Encyclopedia of the Air Force). - 1500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3 .
See also
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II