271st independent Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

271-й отдельный гвардейский дальний разведывательный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 49323; from 1981: 62769

Activated 12.5.41 as the 50th Mixed Aviation Regiment VMF.

15.3.42 renamed 50th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment.

30.11.43 renamed 50th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

26.8.45 renamed 50th independent Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

15.7.71 renamed 271st independent Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.

1981 reduced, and renamed 134th independent Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron.

Disbanded 1.12.86 - absorbed by the 304th independent Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment as the 3rd squadron. Guards title inherited by the 141st Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Novorossiya, Primorskiy Kray, 1941 - 1950? [43 20 48N, 132 33 24E]
• Pristan, Primorskiy Kray, 1950? - 1986 [43 14 33N, 132 19 44E]

Aircraft:

• DB-3, 1941-1945
• SB, 1941-1943
• A-20, 1944-1947?
• Tu-2R, 1945-1950
• Yak-9R, 1945-1950?
• Il-28R, 1950-1958
• Tu-16R/RM, 1957-1986

Subordination:

• Pacific Fleet, 1945 - 9.52
• 106th Fighter Aviation Corps, 9.52 - 9.54
• Pacific Fleet, 9.54 - 1986