6th Guards Zaporozhskaya twice Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Military-Transport Aviation Division

6-я гвардейская военно-транспортная Запорожская дважды Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Богдана Хмельницкого авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 55685

Activated 10.9.42 as the 290th Assault Aviation Division.

24.8.43 renamed 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division.

Organisation May 1945:

• 108th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia) with Il-10
• 109th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia) with Il-2 and Il-10
• 110th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia) with Il-2

27.4.46 the three regiments were disbanded, and the division was renamed 6th Guards Transport Aviation Division, now with:

• 25th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment (Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast) with Li-2
• 363rd Transport Aviation Regiment (Belaya Tserkov, Kiev Oblast) with Li-2

12.10.55 renamed 6th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division.

Organisation 1960:

• 25th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Melitopol, Zaporoshye Oblast) with Il-12 and Tu-4D
• 175th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Melitopol, Zaporoshye Oblast) with Il-12
• 363rd Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast) with Il-12
• 338th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye Oblast) with Il-12

Organisation 1975:

• 16th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast) with An-12
• 37th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Artsyz, Odessa Oblast) with An-12
• 338th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye Oblast) with An-12
• 363rd Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast) with An-12

Organisation 1991:

• 37th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Artsyz, Odessa Oblast) with Il-76
• 338th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Zaporozhye, Zaporozhye Oblast) with Il-76
• 363rd Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast) with Il-76

Taken over by Ukraine 3.1.92.

Bases:

• Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia, 5.45 - 7.45 [50 15 09N, 15 50 40E]
• Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 7.45 - 4.46 [47 08 32N, 18 24 53E]
• Belaya Tserkov, Kiev Oblast, 4.46 - 1956 [49 47 46N, 30 01 45E]
• Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, 1956 - 1992 [47 53 19N, 33 32 03E]

Subordination:

• 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps, 11.42 - 8.43
• 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Corps, 8.43 - 9.44
• 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 9.44 - 4.46
• HQ VDV, 1946 - 1955
• HQ VTA, 1955 - 1992