3rd Guards Rostov-Donskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

3-й гвардейский истребительный Ростов-Донский Краснознаменный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 06909

Activated 1940 as the 155th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

6.12.41 renamed 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

6.49 renamed 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 2.4.60.

Bases:

• Ober Glogau, Germany, 5.45 - 7.45
• Cherlyany, Lvov Oblast, 7.45 - 6.49 [49 44 20N, 23 40 15E]
• Orel, Orel Oblast, 6.49 - 10.50 [52 56 10N, 36 00 06E]
• Peking area, China, 10.50 - 3.52
• Orel, Orel Oblast, 3.52 - 1960 [52 56 10N, 36 00 06E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1940-1941
• LaGG-3, 1941-1942
• La-5/La-5FN, 1942-1950
• MiG-9, 10.48-1950
• MiG-15, 1950-1954
• MiG-17, 1954-1960

Subordination:

• 235th Fighter Aviation Division, 9.42 - 8.44
• 15th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 8.44 - 6.49
• 15th Guards Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 6.49 - 4.60