137th Guards Minskiy Red Banner order of
Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
137-й гвардейский истребительный
Минский Краснознаменный ордена Суворова
авиационный полк
ПВО
Military Unit: 36664
Activated 7.41 as the 160th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
14.4.44 renamed 137th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.
28.9.48 transferred to the Air Defence Forces, and renamed 137th
Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.
Disbanded 12.7.60.
Bases:
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Eggersdorf, Germany, 5.45 - 7.45 [52 28 56N, 14 05 20E]
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Güstrow, Germany, 7.45 - 1946 [53 48 19N, 12 13 50E]
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Wittstock, Germany, 8.46 - 1947 [53 12 08N, 12 31 18E]
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Falkenberg, Germany, 1947 - 9.48 [51 32 51N, 13 13 07E]
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Smolensk, 9.48 - 10.48 [54 49 25N, 32 01 32E]
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Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, 10.48 - 10.50 [52 38 13N, 38 24 46E]
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Mukden, China, 10.50 - 1953 [41 49 22N, 123 17 54E] - one
source places the regiment near Beijing, China
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Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, 1953 - 9.60 [52 38 13N, 38 24 46E]
Aircraft:
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LaGG-3, 7.41-1942
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La-5, 9.42-1944
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La-7, 10.44-1950
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MiG-15, 1950-1954
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MiG-17, 1954-1960
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MiG-19, from 1957 possibly one squadron
Subordination: