59th Red Banner Air Army
59-я Воздушная
Краснознамённая Армия
Military Unit: 26305
Commanders:
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Major-General Stepan Akimovich Krasovskiy, 5.42 - 10.42
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Major-General K.N. Smirnov, 10.42 - 3.43
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Colonel-General Stepan Akimovich Krasovskiy, 3.43 - 5.47
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Colonel-General Stepan Ulnovich Rubanov, 9.47 - 7.50
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Colonel-General Vasiliy Nikolaevich Bibikov, 7.50 - 7.53
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Colonel-General Georgiy Vasilevich Zimin, 7.53 - 5.54
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Colonel-General David Yakovlevich Slobodzhan, 5.54 - 9.55
Activated 5.42 as the 2nd Air Army.
Organisation 5.45:
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4th Bomber Aviation Corps
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6th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps
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1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps
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8th Guards Assault Aviation Division
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9th Guards Assault Aviation Division
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12th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps
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5th Guards Assault Aviation Division
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6th Guards Assault Aviation Division
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11th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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3rd Assault Aviation Corps
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307th Assault Aviation Division
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308th Assault Aviation Division
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181st Fighter Aviation Division
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2nd Fighter Aviation Corps
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7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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322nd Fighter Aviation Division
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5th Fighter Aviation Corps
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8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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256th Fighter Aviation Division
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6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps
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9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division
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208th Night-Bomber Aviation Division
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98th Guards independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
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193rd Guards independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
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118th independent Artillery Correction Regiment
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203rd independent Artillery Correction Regiment
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228th Transport Aviation Regiment
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23rd Guards Aviation Regiment GVF
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1002nd independent Communications Aviation Regiment
29.5.45 STAVKA directive No. 11096 was issued (effective from
10.6.45), renaming the 1st
Ukrainian Front to Central Group of Forces. The order
also stated the new organisation of the 2nd Air Army.
Organisation mid-1945:
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4th Bomber Aviation Corps (Budaörs, Hungary)
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6th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (Wien-Aspern, Austria)
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1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps (Baden, Austria)
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8th Guards Assault Aviation Division (Eisenstadt,
Austria?)
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9th Guards Assault Aviation Division (Münchendorf,
Austria?)
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2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps (Börgönd, Hungary)
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5th Guards Assault Aviation Division
(Veszprém-Szentkirályszabadja, Hungary)
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6th Guards Assault Aviation Division (Székesfehérvár,
Hungary)
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3rd Assault Aviation Corps (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria?)
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307th Assault Aviation Division (Unterwaltershof,
Austria)
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308th Assault Aviation Division (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria)
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2nd Fighter Aviation Corps (Veszprém-Jutas, Hungary)
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7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Veszprém-Jutas,
Hungary)
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322nd Fighter Aviation Division (Papa, Hungary)
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12th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Tapolca, Hungary)
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5th Fighter Aviation Corps (Götzendorf, Austria?)
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6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Wien, Austria)
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208th Night-Bomber Aviation Division (Bad Vöslau, Austria)
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98th Guards independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
(Wien-Aspern, Austria?)
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193rd Guards independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
(Budapest-Mátyásföld, Hungary?)
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118th independent Artillery Correction Regiment (Vát,
Hungary)
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203rd independent Artillery Correction Regiment
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228th Transport Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria)
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23rd Guards Aviation Regiment GVF
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1002nd independent Communications Aviation Regiment
Re-organised in late 1945/early 1946, when several divisions and regiments were
either disbanded or transferred out of Austria and Hungary.
Organisation mid-1946:
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6th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (Wien-Aspern, Austria)
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5th Fighter Aviation Corps (Veszprém-Jutas, Hungary)
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6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Wöllersdorf, Austria)
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8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Papa, Hungary)
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9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Eisenstadt, Austria)
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193rd Guards independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
(Budapest-Mátyásföld, Hungary?)
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375th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Bad
Vöslau, Austria)
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118th independent Artillery Correction Regiment (Vát,
Hungary)
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228th Transport Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria)
In the second half of 1947 the 5th Fighter Aviation Corps, 8th
Guards Fighter Aviation Division and 12th Guards Fighter Aviation Division left
the army, and returned home to the Soviet Union.
Organisation 1948:
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6th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (Götzendorf, Austria, Austria)
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6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Münchendorf, Austria)
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375th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Bad
Vöslau, Austria)
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228th Transport Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria)
10.1.49 renamed 59th Air Army (effective from 2.49).
Organisation 1949:
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44th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (Götzendorf, Austria, Austria)
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78th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Münchendorf, Austria)
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375th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Bad
Vöslau, Austria)
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228th Transport Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria)
The 228th Transport Aviation Regiment returned to the Soviet
Union in mid-1949.
10.52 the air army was joined by the 10th Guards Fighter
Aviation Division and the 330th Fighter Aviation Division, while the 237th
Fighter Aviation Division returned to the Soviet Union.
In 7.53 both Corps headquarters returned to the Soviet Union.
Organisation 1953:
Disbanded 9.55, after the peace treaty with Austria took effect.
Bases:
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Wien-Liesning, 1945 - 1955 [48 08 55N, 16 17 52E]
Subordination:
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Central Group of Forces, 1945 - 1955