741st Guards Orshanskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment

741-й гвардейский истребительный Оршанский Краснознаменный ордена Суворова авиационный полк

Military Unit: 35428

Activated 11.41 as the 653rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.

21.3.43 renamed 65th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) renamed 741st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1960 renamed 486th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Bases:

• Perleberg, Germany, 1945 - 1947 [53 03 59N, 11 49 13E]
• Jüterbog-Altes Lager, Germany, 1947 - 8.49 [51 59 47N, 12 59 03E]
• Brandenburg-Briest, Germany, 8.49 - 25.9.53 [52 26 11N, 12 26 48E]
• Meria, Adzharskaya ASSR, 10.53 - 1960 [41 55 45N, 41 51 54E]

Aircraft:

• I-15bis, 1941-1942
• Yak-1, 7.42-1943
• Yak-7b, 1943-1943
• Yak-9, 10.43-1945
• Yak-3, 4.45 - 1949
• MiG-15, 1949-1953
• MiG-17, 1953-1960

Subordination:

• 274th Fighter Aviation Division, 10.42 - 3.43
• 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 3.43 - 1.49
• 170th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1.49 - 4.60