245th independent Red Banner Mixed Aviation Squadron

245-я отдельная смешанная Краснознамённая авиационная эскадрилья

Military Unit: 42175

Activated 1.42 as the 697th Night Light-Bomber Aviation Regiment.

26.3.42 renamed 697th Transport Aviation Regiment.

16.4.42 renamed 844th independent Transport Aviation Regiment.

1.48 renamed 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron.

Disbanded 1992.

Bases:

• Grudziadz, Poland, 5.45
• Neubrandenburg (Trollenhagen), East Germany, 5.45 - 7.45 [53 36 15N, 13 18 48E]
• Legnica, Poland, 7.45 - 1992 [51 11 00N, 16 10 44E]

Aircraft:

• Yak-6/Po-2/R-4, 1942-1945
• C-47/Li-2, 1944-1950's
• An-24/26
• An-12
• An-14
• Il-12/14
• Mi-1
• Mi-2
• Mi-4
• Mi-6
• Mi-8

Inventory:

• 1990 with 4 An-12BP, 6 An-26, 3 Mi-8PS, 1 Mi-8T and 1 Mi-8S

Subordination:

• 14th Air Army, 1942 - 26.11.44
• 4th Air Army, 11.44 - 1.49
• 37th Air Army, 1.49 - 7.64
• Aviation Northern Group of Forces, 7.64 - 4.68
• 4th Air Army, 4.68 - 8.80
• 4th Air Army VGK, 8.80 - 1992