111th Guards Stalingradskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment

111-й гвардейский истребительный Сталинградский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 21844; from 8.55: 84242

Activated 30.10.39 as the 12th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

25.8.43 renamed 111th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

18.6.60 renamed 111th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

25.4.61 renamed 375th independent Guards Helicopter Squadron.

26.6.61 renamed 396th independent Guards Helicopter Regiment.

Bases:

• Benesov, Czechoslovakia, 5.45 - 8.45 [49 44 26N, 14 38 39E]
• Nesterov, Lvov Oblast, 8.45 - 10.52 [50 02 48N, 24 00 52E]
• Parndorf, Austria, 10.52 - 8.55 [47 59 24N, 16 52 39E]
• Velikaya Krucha, Poltava Oblast, 8.55 - 4.61 [50 09 08N, 32 32 01E]
• Uman, Cherkass Oblast, 4.61 - 6.61 [48 47 54N, 30 11 36E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1939-1941
• I-153, 1940-1941
• MiG-3, 1940-1941
• Yak-1, 1941-1942
• LaGG-3, 1941-1942
• La-5, 1942-1945
• La-7, 3.45-1949
• La-11(?), 1949-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1954
• MiG-17, 1954-1961
• Mi-4, 4.61-6.61

Subordination:

• 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 8.43 - 28.2.59
• 138th Fighter Aviation Division, 28.2.59 - 4.61
• 69th Air Army, 4.61 - 6.61