224th Guards Pzhevsko-Budapeshtskiy Red Banner Bomber Aviation Regiment

224-й гвардейский бомбардировочный Ржевско-Будапештский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 8.41 as the 579th Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment.

7.12.41 renamed 751st Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment.

6.3.43 renamed 751st Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

26.3.43 as the 8th Guards Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 224th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1947.

Bases:

• Poltava, Poltava Oblast, 1945 - 1947 [49 37 34N, 34 29 14E]

Aircraft:

• DB-3F, 1941-1942

• Il-4, 1942-1947

Subordinated:

• 51st Long-Range Bomber Aviation Division, 8.41 - 12.41

• 1st Night Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 12.41 - 3.42

• 17th Aviation Division Long-Range, 3.42 - 3.43

• 2nd Guards Aviation Division Long-Range, 3.43 - 5.43

• 8th Guards Aviation Division Long-Range, 5.43 - 12.44

• 18th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 12.44 - 4.46

• 13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 4.46 - 1947