The 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 777th IAP ) is a military unit of the Air Force of the Red Army , which took part in the hostilities of the Great Patriotic War and became part of the Russian Air Force after the collapse of the USSR.
 777th fighter aircraftregiment | |
|---|---|
| Troops |  Air force Air defense Air defense |
| Type of army | fighter aircraft |
| Formation | 02/05/1942 |
| Dissolution (transformation) | 1994 |
| Predecessor | 777th Mixed Aviation Regiment |
| Battle way | |
Soviet-Japanese War :
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Content
Shelf History
Over the entire period of its existence, the regiment changed its name several times:
- 777th mixed aviation regiment ;
- 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment;
- 777th Air Defense Fighter Regiment ;
- Military Unit (Field Mail) 74420.
Shelf History
The regiment was formed on February 5, 1942 in the Air Force of the Far Eastern Front as a 777 mixed aviation regiment at Arkhara station near Blagoveshchensk [1] [2] . From April 1 to April 15, 1943, the regiment was reorganized into a fighter aviation regiment in the 11th Air Army of the Far Eastern Front at the airport of the city of Kuibyshevka-Vostochnaya in the state 015/284 on I-15bis aircraft with the inclusion of the 11th VA in the 82nd Aviation Division FEF [2] . The regiment carried out air defense tasks for air cover of sections of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Soviet-Manchurian border in case of Japanese aggression [1] .
In the fall of 1943, the regiment was transferred from the 82nd Aviation Division to the 296th Fighter Aviation Division of the 11th Air Army of the Far Eastern Front. As of December 20, 1943, the 1st Squadron was armed with the I-153 aircraft, the 2nd AE - I-16, the 3rd AE - I-15bis [2] . By March 1, 1944, the regiment was fully armed with I-16 aircraft. In July 1944, the regiment was transferred from the 296th Iad to the 96th Mixed Aviation Division of the 11th Air Army of the Far Eastern Front [2] .
In December 1944, on the reorganization of the 11th Air Army into the 18th mixed aviation corps of the 10th Air Army of the Far Eastern Front, along with the 96th Assault Aviation Division, it became a part of it. On January 9, 1945, the regiment received Yak-9M fighters and began to develop them, and in the spring it was reorganized according to the state 015/364 (from 30-aircraft to 40-aircraft) and was completely re-equipped with Yak-9 m fighters. In July, the regiment was relocated to the airfield Curled Assumption . Until the end of July, all pilots completed the retraining process for new equipment [1] [2] .
Since July 21, the regiment, like all parts of the 10th Air Army, has been put on full alert by directive of the commander of the Far Eastern Front. At the airfield there was constantly a squadron on duty of the regiment consisting of 12 fighters in readiness No. 1, the rest in readiness No. 2. By August 1, the regiment had 51 fighter Yak-9M, one Yak-9D, one UT-2 and two Po-2 [ 3] .
With the outbreak of the Soviet-Japanese War on August 9, as part of the 18th mixed aviation corps of the 10th Air Army of the Far Eastern Front, as a separate regiment, directly subordinate to the corps commander on Yak-9 aircraft, took part in the Sungaria offensive operation - from August 9, 1945 September 2, 1945, which is part of the Manchu operation .
The regiment was part of the army from August 9, 1945 to September 3, 1945 [4] .
Total for the period of hostilities [2] :
| Missions completed | Aircraft shot down in the air |
|---|---|
| 238 | there were no meetings with enemy planes and air battles |
Destroyed when attacking ground targets (attack) [2] :
| points FOR | motor vehicles | steam locomotives | wagon | elevators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | eleven | 2 | four | one |
Their losses (non-combat) [2] :
| Lost aircraft, total | Total Pilots Died |
|---|---|
| 2 | not |
Post-War Regiment History
In May 1946, the regiment relocated to Sakhalin at the Sokol-Dolinsk airfield and was transferred to the 29th fighter aviation division of the 10th Air Army of the Far Eastern Military District . In January 1951, the regiment was transferred to the air defense forces of the country and became part of the 153rd Port Arthur Air Defense Fighter Aviation Division . After the division was disbanded in 1958, the regiment, based on its airfield Sokol-Dolinsk , was consistently a member of the Sakhalin Air Defense Division (05.1958 - 04.1960), the 24th Air Defense Division (04.1960 - 05.1980), and the 40th Fighter Aviation Division ( 05.1980 - 05.1986), the 24th Air Defense Division (05.1986 - 1990), the 72nd Air Defense Corps (1990-1994), the 6th Air Defense Division (1994 - 05.1997).
A special place in the history of the regiment is occupied by the incident of September 1, 1983, when the regiment pilot Captain Osipovich G.N. , piloting the Su-15TM interceptor , shot down the South Korean Boeing-747, which invaded the airspace of the USSR.
In connection with the reform of the Russian Air Force, the regiment was disbanded at its Sokol-Dolinsk airfield in 1997 [2] .
Regiment Commanders
- Major Cheremukhin, Fedor Nikitovich [2] , 04.1944 - 12.31.1945
- Lieutenant Colonel Kornukov Anatoly Mikhailovich , 1974-1976
Acknowledgments from the Supreme Commander
For the examples of courage and heroism shown to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the regiment as part of the 96th Shad, thanks were expressed for the excellent military operations in battles with the Japanese in the Far East [5]
Armed aircraft
| Period | Aircraft | A photo | Period | Aircraft | A photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02.1942 - 1945 | I-16 | 02.1942 - 1944 | I-153 | ||
| 02.1942 - 1944 | I-15bis | 1945 - 1951 | Yak-9 M | ||
| 1951 - 1955 | MiG-15 | 1955 - 1959 | MiG-17 | ||
| 1959 - 1970 | MiG-19 | 1970 - 1985 | Su-15 | ||
| 1983 - 1986 | MiG-23 ML | 1985 - 1997 | MiG-31 |
Basing
| Period | Aerodrome |
|---|---|
| 02.1942 - 04.1943 | Arkhara , Amur Region |
| 04.1943 - 07.1945 | Kuibyshevka-East , Amur Region |
| 07/07/45 - 08/18/1945 | Curled Assumption , Amur Region |
| 08/18/1945 - 05/1946 | Zharikovo , Amur Region |
| 05.1946 - 1997 | Falcon , Dolinsk, Sakhalin Region |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 V. Kharin. 777th Separate Fighter Aviation Regiment . Aviators of the Second World War (September 3, 2016). Date of treatment September 3, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Anokhin V. A., Bykov M. Yu. All Stalin's fighter aviation regiments. The first complete encyclopedia. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press, 2014 .-- S. 883. - 944 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0707-9 .
- ↑ Vyacheslav Kondratiev. Three boots. 777th IAP in battles in the Far East (inaccessible link) . To the 60th anniversary of the victory over Japan . The magazine "Aviamaster" (2005). Date of treatment September 3, 2016. Archived November 16, 2016.
- ↑ Collective of authors. List No. 12 of the aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which were part of the Active Army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Pokrovsky. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1960. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of January 18, 1960 No. 170023. - 96 p.
- ↑ Supreme Commander. Order No. 372 of 08/23/1945 // Orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union. Collection / Collective of authors. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1975 .-- S. 514 - 519. - 598 p.
Literature
- 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 .
- M. Yu. Bykov. All Asa of Stalin 1936-1953 .. - Popular science publication. - M .: Yauza-press LLC, 2014. - 1392 p. - (Elite Air Force Encyclopedia). - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-9955-0712-3 .
See also
- List of operations of the armed forces of the USSR in World War II