654th Guards Chenstokhovskiy Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Bomber Aviation Regiment

654-й гвардейский бомбардировочный Ченстоховский Краснознаменный ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационный полк

Military Unit: 55723

Activated 1940 as the 46th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

18.3.43 renamed 80th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

10.1.49 renamed 654th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 3.60.

Bases:

• Sagan, Germany, 5.45 - 7.45 [51 37 36N, 15 24 20E]
• Wien-Aspern, Austria, 7.45 - 9.48 [48 13 33N, 16 30 21E]
• Zwölfaxing, Austria, 9.48 - 1.52 [48 06 01N, 16 28 03E]
• Debrecen, Hungary, 1.52 - 7.53 [47 29 20N, 21 36 55E]
• Melitopol, Zaporoshye Oblast, 7.53 - 1956 [46 52 48N, 35 18 17E]
• Zaporoshye, Zaporoshye Oblast, 1956 - 3.60 [47 52 07N, 35 18 48E]

Aircraft:

• SB, 1940-1941
• Arp-2, 1940-1941
• Pe-2, 1941-1952
• Il-28, 1952-1960

Subordination:

• 263rd Bomber Aviation Division, 10.42 - 3.43
• 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 3.43 - 1.49
• 164th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 1.49 - 3.60