268th Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

268-й истребительный Краснознаменный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 23217

Activated 5.4.41.

Disbanded 21.5.62.

Bases:

• Krasnograd, Kharkov Oblast, 1945 - 1947 [49 24 14N, 35 28 21E]
• Stalino, Stalino Oblast, 1947 - 5.62 [48 04 26N, 37 43 41E] - from 11.61 renamed Donetsk

Aircraft:

• I-16, 4.41-1942
• P-40 Kittyhawk, 9.42-1944
• P-39 Airacobra, 7.44-
• Yak-17, 1950-1951
• MiG-15, 1951-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1962

Subordination:

• 127th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 16.1.45 - 27.11.47
• 155th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 27.11.47 - 2.11.59
• Dnepropetrovsk Air Defence Division, 2.11.59 - 1.4.60
• 9th Air Defence Division, 1.4.60 - 21.5.62