11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division

mil 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division 11-я гвардейская истребительная авиационная дивизия "Dnepropetrovsk" Red Army Air ForceSoviet Air Forces August 24, 1943 June 1991 World War II Donbas operation Zaporozhye operation Dnepropetrovsk operation Lvov–Sandomierz offensive Vistula-Oder offensive Lower Silesian offensive Berlin offensive Prague offensive Hungarian Uprising Operation Danube Order of the Red BannerOrder of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 2nd class The 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Russian: 11-я гвардейская истребительная авиационная Днепропетровская Краснознамённая ордена Богдана Хмельницкого дивизияw) as an aviation division of the Soviet Air Forces, active from 1943 to 1991. It served in the Southern Group of Forces in Hungary for many years. The 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division was originally formed from the 207th Fighter Aviation Division.State Defence Committee, Приказ No. 264 of 24.08.1943. Приказы Народного комиссара обороны СССР 1943—1945. // Коллектив авторов Сборник документов «Великая Отечественная война 1941—1945 гг.» / В. А. Золотарёв. — Moscow: Терра, 1997. — Т. 13 (2-3). — С. 415. During the Second World War, it was part of the "operational army" from:Pokrovsky etal List No. 6 of cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that were part of the Army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff Moscow Voenizdat 1956 Appendix to the directive of the General Staff of 1956 No. 168780 77 August 24, 1943 to January 6, 1944, 135 days in total; and from May 18, 1944 to May 11, 1945, 358 days in total, totalling together 493 days. It fought in the: thumb|300px|A Yak-7 fighter aircraft. Lower Dnieper strategic offensive operation Zaporozhye operation from October 10, 1943 to October 14, 1944. Dnepropetrovsk offensive from October 23, 1943 to November 5, 1943. Dnieper-Carpathian offensive: Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive from January 30, 1944 to February 29, 1944. Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive from March 6, 1944 to March 18, 1944. Odessa offensive from March 23, 1944 to April 14, 1944. Lvov–Sandomierz offensive – from July 13, 1944 to August 3, 1944 Vistula-Oder offensive – from January 12, 1945 to February 3, 1945 Lower Silesian offensive – from February 8, 1945 to February 24, 1945 Berlin offensive – from April 16, 1945 to May 8, 1945 Prague offensive – from May 6, 1945 to May 11, 1945 From August 1943 to May 1944 the division was assigned to the 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Corps of the 17th Air Army. Later the division was part of the 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps and the 2nd and 8th Air Armies. The 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (11 GvIAD) moved from Parndorf in Austria to Veszprém in Hungary in November 1945.Holm 2022 Though it moved to Hungary, it remained under the command of 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps. The division was stationed at Veszprem until September 1949. It came under the command of the 78th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps in January 1949. On 20 February 1949, it was renamed 195th Guards Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Fighter Aviation Division.General Staff Directive dated 10 January 1949 In 1950 the division comprised the 1st, 5th, and 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments at Tokol and Pápa flying Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s. In 1956 it was involved in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and in 1968 in the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The 106th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded in mid-1961 and was replaced by the 14th 'Leningradskiy' Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.Holm 2022 The 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment became separate of the division, reporting directly to 36th Air Army, in mid-1963, and from July 1960 to 22 April 1991 with two short breaks was stationed at Kunmadaras. The 195th Guards Fighter Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division was renamed by the Directive of the General Staff in April 1968 into the 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Dnepropetrovsk Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division. Structure 1970:Holm 2022 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (:ru:5-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк, formed 6 December 1941129 иап/5 гиап http://allaces.ru/sssr/struct/p/iap129.php 2022-12-28 allaces.ru) (Sármellék, Hungary) with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. Full honor titles 5-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный Берлинский Краснознамённый ордена Богдана Хмельницкого полк. 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Kiskunlacháza, Hungary) with MiG-21 515th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Tököl, Hungary) with MiG-21 The 14th GvIAP was based in 1981 at Kiskunlachaza air base in Hungary. The 14th acquired MiG-23Ms in 1975 and in 1979 also received MLs. The MiG-23s were replaced by MiG-29s in 1986. Elements of the regiment took part in the Warsaw Pact Exercise Zapad-81 in East Germany in late 1981. The 515th Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded at Tokol in August 1989. The 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded in October 1990, with aircraft and crews being withdrawn to Biaroza, Brest Oblast, in the Byelorussian SSR.Michael Holm 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%2520force/regiment/iap/5gviap.htm 2022-12-22 www.ww2.dkVándor Two regiments of the 36th Air Army were returned to the Soviet Union in April 1991. On 21 April the 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment moved back to Zherdevka, Tambov Oblast, in the Moscow Military District. The next day (22 April 1991) the 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred back to the Soviet Union, being moved back to Lebyazhye in Volgograd Oblast. The 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division was disbanded in June 1991.Vándor References Vándor Károly Légierő társbérletben I-II, Vpp Kiadó, 2009–2010, Dunakeszi http://www.soviet-airforce.com/en/vpp-kiado/ Kozhevnikov M.N. 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Военно-научное управление Генерального Штаба; Воениздат 1956 Приложение к директиве Генерального штаба 1956 г. No. 168780 77 Pokrovsky etal Перечень No. 12 Aviation regiments of the Air Forces of the Red Army, входивших в состав Действующей армии в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941–1945 гг. Moscow Министерство обороны СССР. Военно-научное управление Генерального Штаба; Voenizdat 1960 Приложение к директиве Генерального штаба от 18 января 1960 г. No. 170023 96 Combat composition of the Soviet Army (Боевой состав Советской Армии) Часть III. (Январь — декабрь 1943 г.) Combat composition of the Soviet Army (Боевой состав Советской Армии) Часть IV. (Январь — декабрь 1944 г.) Combat composition of the Soviet Army (Боевой состав Советской Армии) Часть V. (Январь — сентябрь 1945 г.) Category:Aviation divisions of the Soviet Air Forces