15th Guards Gomelskaya Heavy Bomber Aviation Division
15-я гвардейская тяжелая бомбардировочная Гомельская авиационная дивизия
Military Unit: 00000
Activated 21.6.43 as the 5th Guards Aviation Division Long-Range.
26.12.44 renamed 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Division.
Organisation 5.45:
14th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment with B-25
238th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment with B-25
251st Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment with B-25
Organisation 4.46:
201st Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with B-25
238th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with B-25
251st Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (Borispol, Kiev Oblast) with B-25
341st Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with B-25
1950 renamed 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.
Organisation 1955:
238th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with Tu-4
251st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya Tserkov, Kiev Oblast) with Tu-4
341st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with Tu-4
Organisation 1980:
251st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya Tserkov, Kiev Oblast) with Tu-16K
341st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with Tu-22K
260th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Stryy, Lvov Oblast) with Tu-16K
Organisation 1990:
121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Machulishchi, Minsk Oblast) with Tu-22K
203rd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Baranovichi, Brest Oblast) with Tu-22K
341st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast) with Tu-22K
1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.
Bases:
Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast, 1945 - 1994 [50 09 44N, 28 44 10E]
Subordinated:
4th Guards Aviation Corps Long-Range, 5.43 - 12.44
4th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, 12.44 - 1.49
81st Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, 1.49 - 1950
81st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, 1950 - 1956
43rd Air Army DA, 1956 - 1960
2nd independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, 1960 - 1980
46th Air Army VGK, 1980 - 1992