55th Guards Kharkovskiy Red Banner order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment

55-й гвардейский истребительный Харьковский Краснознаменный ордена Александра Невского авиационный полк

Military Unit: 06938

Activated 10.41 as the 581st Fighter Aviation Regiment.

3.2.43 renamed 55th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 15.3.47 - crews and aircraft were divided among the other regiments of the 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division.

Bases:

• Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 5.45 - 8.45 [54 47 15N, 20 37 10E]
• Panevezhis, Lithuanian SSR, 8.45 - 4.47 [55 43 51N, 24 27 37E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-1, 1941-1943
• Yak-9, 1943-1944
• P-39 Aircobra, 1944-1947

Subordination:

• 220th Fighter Aviation Division, 8.42 - 2.43
• 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 2.43 - 3.47