51st Guards Smolensko-Budapeshtskiy Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps

51-й гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный Смоленско-Будапештский авиационный корпус

Military Unit: 10374

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Dmitriy Petrovich Yukhanov, 13.5.43 - 19.12.44
• Lieutenant-General Georgiy Nikolaevich Tupikov, 19.12.44 - 4.49
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Activated 13.5.43 as the 1st Guards Aviation Corps Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 5.45 (Bialystok, Poland):

• 11th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
• 16th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
• 36th Bomber Aviation Division
• 48th Bomber Aviation Division

Re-organised 4.46:

• 11th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast)
• 57th Bomber Aviation Division (Novozybkhov (Klimovo), Bryansk Oblast)

10.1.49 renamed 51st Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

1950 renamed 51st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 1955:

• 11th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast)
• 57th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Bykhov, Mogilev Oblast)

Disbanded 8.56.

Bases:

• Bialystok, Poland, 1945 - 1946
• Mogilev, Mogilev Oblast, 1946 - 8.56

Subordination:

• 18th Air Army, 1944 - 4.46
• 1st Air Army DA, 4.46 - 1.49
• 50th Air Army DA, 1.49 - 8.56