115th Guards Zaporozhskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Assault Aviation Division

115-я гвардейская штурмовая Запорожская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 53825

Activated 6.6.42 as the 267th Assault Aviation Division.

1.5.43 renamed 5th Guards Assault Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia):

• 93rd Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2
• 94th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2
• 95th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2

In 1948 the 95th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment was replaced by the 131st Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.

10.1.49 renamed 115th Guards Assault Aviation Division.

Organisation 1950:

• 680th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10
• 739th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10
• 816th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-10

Disbanded 8.56.

Bases:

• Cottbus, East Germany, 9.5.45
• Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia, after 9.5.45 - 6.45 [50 15 09N, 15 50 40E]
• Veszprém-Szentkirályszabadja, Hungary, 6.45 - 5.46 [47 04 42N, 17 58 05E]
• Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, 5.46 - 10.46
• Podolsk (Dubrovitsy), Moscow Oblast, 10.46 - 5.47 [55 24 56N, 37 28 57E]
• Voznesensk, Odessa Oblast, 5.47 - 8.56 [47 30 34N, 31 15 28E]

Subordination:

• 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Corps, 8.43 - 9.44
• 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 9.44 - 5.46
• VVS Moscow Military District, 5.46 - 5.47
• 3rd Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 5.47 - 1.49
• 63rd Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 1.49 - 8.56