79th Guards Stalingradskiy Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps

79-й гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный Сталинградский авиационный корпус

Military Unit: 21230

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Andreevich Volkov, 15.5.43 - 22.12.44
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Efimovich Nestertsev, 22.12.44 - 1.50(?)
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Activated 13.5.43 as the 3rd Guards Aviation Corps Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 5.45 (Minsk-Mazovetskiy, Minsk Oblast):

• 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division
• 12th Bomber Aviation Division
• 1st Bomber Aviation Division
• 50th Bomber Aviation Division

Re-organised 4.46:

• 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 45th Bomber Aviation Division (Balbasovo, Vitebsk Oblast)

10.1.49 renamed 79th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

1949 renamed 79th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps.

In 3.51 the 160th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was activated.

Organisation 1955:

• 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 45th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Baranovichi, Brest Oblast)
• 160th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Balbasovo, Vitebsk Oblast)

Disbanded 8.56.

Bases:

• Minsk-Mazovetskiy, Minsk Oblast, 1945 - 1945
• Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast, 1945 - 8.56

Subordination:

• 18th Air Army, 1944 - 4.46
• 1st Air Army DA, 4.46 - 1.49
• 50th Air Army DA, 1.49 - 8.56