49th Grodnenskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

49-й истребительный Гродненский Краснознаменный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 21811

Activated 6.38 as the 49th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

In 3.49 renamed 49th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 4.60.

Bases:

• Kolobrzeg(?), Poland, 7.45 - 12.45
• Nasosnaya, Azerbaizhan SSR, 12.45 - 11.50 [40 35 34N, 49 33 19E]
• Peking area(?), China, 17.11.50 - 3.52 - tasked with training Chinese pilots
• Inyutino, Kaluga Oblast, 8.3.52 - 5.11.58 [55 13 34N, 36 36 31E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 6.38-1941
• I-153, 1940-1941
• I-15bis, 1940-1941
• MiG-3, 7.41-1942
• LaGG-3, 3.42-1942
• La-5, 8.42-1944
• Yak-3, 11.44-1946
• P-63 Kingcobra, 7.46-1949
• MiG-9, 1949-1952
• MiG-15, 1952-1955
• MiG-17, 1955-1960

Subordination:

• 309th Fighter Aviation Division, 1944 - 3.49
• 309th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 3.49 - 11.58
• 103rd Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 11.58 - 4.60