355th orders of Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

355-й истребительный орденов Кутузова и Александра Невского авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 54808

Activated 1.44 as the 355th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

25.4.53 renamed 355th Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

1.57 renamed 355th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 30.3.58.

Bases:

• Bunzlau area, Germany, 5.45 - 27.7.45
• Budapest, Hungary, 27.7.45 - 9.11.45 - transported by rail to Crimea
• Dzhankoy, Crimean Oblast, 12.47 - 1.54 [45 42 03N, 34 25 09E]
• Evpatoriya, Crimean Oblast, 1.54 - 3.58 [45 13 33N, 33 22 38E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1.44-1944
• Yak-9, 8.44-1951
• Yak-3, 1945-1947
• MiG-15, 1951-1954
• MiG-17, 1954-1958

Subordination:

• 181st Fighter Aviation Regiment, 7.44 - 25.4.53
• 181st Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF, 25.4.53 - 1.57
• 181st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, 1.57 - 30.3.58