81st Guards Gomelskiy Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps

81-й гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный Гомельский авиационный корпус

Military Unit: 21279

Commanders:

• Colonel Sergey Pavlovich Kovalev, 3.7.43 - 19.4.44
• Lieutenant-General Georgiy Semenovich Schetchikov, 19.4.44 - 1946
• ?
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Vasilevich Georgiev, 12.49 - 13.11.50
• ?

Activated 21.6.43 as the 4th Guards Aviation Corps Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 4th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 5.45 (Zheshuv, Poland):

• 14th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
• 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
• 53rd Bomber Aviation Division
• 54th Bomber Aviation Division

Re-organised 4.46:

• 14th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast)
• 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)

10.1.49 renamed 81st Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

1950 renamed 81st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps.

The 204th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was activated in 1951.

The 106th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was activated in 5.55.

Organisation 1955:

• 14th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast)
• 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 106th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Uzin, Kiev Oblast)
• 204th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Stryy, Lvov Oblast)

Disbanded 8.56.

Bases:

• Zheshuv, Poland, 1945 - 1946
• Kiev, Kiev Oblast, 1946 - 8.56

Subordination:

• 18th Air Army, 1944 - 4.46
• 2nd Air Army DA, 4.46 - 1.49
• 43rd Air Army DA, 1.49 - 8.56