405th Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment

405-й истребительный Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 3.42 as the 27th Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

7.44 transferred from the Northern Fleet to the Pacific Fleet.

1948 renamed 405th Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF.

5.53 transferred from the Pacific Fleet to the Air Force (VVS).

Disbanded 1.8.60.

Bases:

• Novonezhino, Primorskiy Kray, 7.44 - 11.45 [43 13 11N, 132 34 57E]
• Lantou, China, 11.45 - 5.53 [40 01 23N, 124 17 04E]
• Jinzhou, China, 5.53 - 6.55 [41 06 05N, 121 03 48E]
• Bereza-Osovitsy, Brest Oblast, 6.55 - 1956 [52 33 29N, 24 52 58E]
• Smorgon, Grodno Oblast, 1956 - 1.8.60 [54 31 24N, 26 18 22E]

Aircraft:

• I-153/I-16, 1942-1943
• R-40, 1943-1950
• MiG-15, 1950-1960

Subordination:

• 6th Fighter Aviation Division VVS VMF, 3.42 - 7.44
• 18th Mixed Aviation Division, 1945 - 1948
• 509th Fighter Aviation Division, 1948 - 5.53
• 113th Fighter Aviation Division, 5.53 - 13.6.55
• 330th Fighter Aviation Division, 6.55 - 8.60