12th Guards Roslavlskaya Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Assault Aviation Division

12-я гвардейская штурмовая Рославльская Краснознаменная ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 10215

Activated 5.42 as the 203rd Mixed Aviation Division.

24.5.42 renamed 231st Assault Aviation Division.

27.10.44 renamed 12th Guards Assault Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Strasshof, Austria):

• 187th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2
• 188th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2
• 190th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment with Il-2

In 12.45 the 715th Assault Aviation Regiment joined the division as the 4th regiment.

Organisation 1947:

• 187th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Pleven, Bulgaria) with Il-2
• 188th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Karlovo, Bulgaria) with Il-2
• 190th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (Graf Ignatevo, Bulgaria) with Il-2

Disbanded 5.47.

Bases:

• Strasshof, Austria, 4.45 - 6.45
• Pleven, Bulgaria, 6.45 - 5.47 [43 27 11N, 24 30 25E]

Subordination:

• 2nd Assault Aviation Corps, 10.42 - 10.44
• 3rd Guards Assault Aviation Corps, 10.44 - 5.47