237th Guards Mariupolsko-Berlinskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Fighter Aviation Division

237-я гвардейская истребительная Мариупольско-Берлинская ордена Ленина Краснознаменная ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 21221

Activated 5.42 as the 216th Fighter Aviation Division.

13.12.42 renamed 216th Mixed Aviation Division.

17.6.43 renamed 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Canitz, Germany):

• 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with P-39
• 100th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with P-39
• 104th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with P-39

The 101st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment joined the division in 12.45, from the disbanded 329th Fighter Aviation Division.

The 101st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was disbanded 4.47.

20.2.49 (directive 10.1.49) renamed 237th Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 1950:

• 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Eisenstadt, Austria) with P-63
• 789th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Eisenstadt, Austria) with P-63
• 892nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria) with P-63

10.52 transferred to the Baltic Fleet.

According to some sources, the divisional HQ and the 789th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment were transferred to the Murmansk Oblast (Northern Fleet) in 3.58.

Organisation 1960 - see note above:

• 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast) with MiG-19
• 789th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast) with MiG-17
• 892nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast) with MiG-17 and Yak-25P

Disbanded 1960.

Bases:

• Grossenhain, Germany, 8.5.45 - 18.5.45 [51 18 26N, 13 33 13E]
• Riesa-Canitz, Germany, 18.5.45 - 4.6.45 [51 18 11N, 13 13 43E]
• Absdorf, Austria, 4.6.45 - 24.7.46 [48 24 57N, 15 58 56E]
• Eisenstadt, Austria, 24.7.46 - 31.8.51 [47 47 56N, 16 33 41E]
• Wiener-Neustadt, Austria, 31.8.51 - 10.52 [47 50 16N, 16 13 17E]
• Nivenskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast, 10.52 - 1960 [54 33 46N, 20 36 07E]

Subordinated:

• 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, 1945 - 1.49
• 78th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, 1.49 - 10.52
• VVS Baltic Fleet, 10.52 - 1960