1st Stalingradskaya Red Banner Military-Transport Aviation Division

1-я военно-транспортная Сталинградская Краснознаменная авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 29607

Activated 3.41 as the 26th Long-Range Aviation Division.

Late 1941 renamed 1st Transport Aviation Division, now at Rybinsk.

28.7.42 renamed 1st Aviation Division Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 1st Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation May 1945:

• 31st Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment with Li-2
• 32nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment with Li-2
• 334th Bomber Aviation Regiment with Li-2

27.4.46 renamed 1st Transport Aviation Division.

In 1946 the 222nd Guards and 334th Transport Aviation Regiments were replaced by the 194th Guards and 281st Transport Aviation Regiments.

Organisation 1949:

• 192nd Guards Transport Aviation Regiment (Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray) with Li-2
• 281st Transport Aviation Regiment (Varfolomeyevka, Primorskiy Kray) with Li-2
• 194th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray) with Li-2

12.10.55 renamed 1st Military-Transport Aviation Division.

Disbanded 5.56.

Bases:

• Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray, 1946 - 1956 [44 19 27N, 132 32 46E]

Subordination:

• 7th Aviation Corps Long Range, 4.43 - 12.44
• 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, 12.44 - 4.46
• HQ VDV, 1946 - 1955
• HQ VTA, 1955 - 1956