56th Guards Altukhovskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment

56-й гвардейский истребительный Алтуховский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 42048

Activated 9.41 as the 520th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

8.2.43 renamed 56th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1.9.60.

Bases:

• Güterfelde, East Germany, 5.45 - 12.45 [52 21 17N, 13 10 21E]
• Mikha-Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR, 12.45 - 9.60 [42 14 34N, 42 02 58E]

Aircraft:

• LaGG-3, 9.41-1942
• Yak-1, 4.42-1944
• Yak-3, 7.44-1946
• P-63 Kingcobra, 6.46-1951
• MiG-15, 9.51-1953
• MiG-17, 1953-1960

Subordination:

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division, 6.43 - 9.60