880th Guards Vislenskiy orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Bomber Aviation Regiment

880-й гвардейский бомбардировочный Висленский орденов Суворова и Богдана Хмельницкого авиационный полк

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 7.42 as the 854th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

5.2.44 renamed 162nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

10.1.49 renamed 880th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 7.60 - parts used to activate the 97th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Sprottau, Germany, 4.45 - 7.45 [51 33 38N, 15 35 17E]

• Seyring, Austria, 5.7.45 - early 1946 [48 19 43N, 16 28 34E]

• Strasshof, Austria, early 1946 - 7.53 [48 18 02N, 16 37 15E]

• Debrecen, Hungary, 7.53 - 7.60 [47 29 20N, 21 36 55E]

Aircraft:

• Pe-2, 1942-1952

• Il-28, 1952-1960

Subordinated:

• 293rd Bomber Aviation Division, 7.42 - 2.44

• 8th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 2.44 - 1.49

• 177th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 1.49 - 1960