23rd Guards Cherkasskaya Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Fighter Aviation Division

23-я гвардейская истребительная Черкасская Краснознаменная ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 45147

Activated 3.43 as the 304th Bomber Aviation Division.

6.43 renamed 304th Fighter Aviation Division.

27.10.44 renamed 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45 (Sorau(?), Germany):

• 21st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with P-39
• 69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with P-39
• 211th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with P-39

The 352nd Fighter Aviation Regiment joined the division in 12.45, from the disbanded 273rd Fighter Aviation Division.

Organisation 1947:

• 21st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria) with P-63
• 69th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria) with P-63
• 211th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria) with P-63
• 352nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Wiener-Neustadt, Austria) with P-39

Disbanded 3.47.

Bases:

• Sorau(?), Germany, 4.45 - 1.7.45 [51 39 37N, 15 08 13E]
• Fels-am-Wagram, Austria, 1.7.45 - 8.46 [48 26 04N, 15 48 24E]
• Wiener-Neustadt, Austria, 8.46 - 3.47 [47 50 16N, 16 13 17E]

Subordination:

• 7th Fighter Aviation Corps, 6.43 - 10.44
• 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps, 10.44 - 3.47