79th Guards Stalingradskiy Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps

79-й гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный Сталинградский авиационный корпус

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Andreevich Volkov, 15.5.43 - 22.12.44

• Lieutenant-General Viktor Efimovich Nestertsev, 22.12.44 - 1.50(?)

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Activated 13.5.43 as the 3rd Guards Aviation Corps Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 5.45 (Minsk-Mazovetskiy, Minsk Oblast):

• 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division

• 12th Bomber Aviation Division

• 16th Bomber Aviation Division

• 50th Bomber Aviation Division

Re-organised 4.46:

• 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)

• 45th Bomber Aviation Division (Balbasovo, Vitebsk Oblast)

10.1.49 renamed 79th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps.

1949 renamed 79th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 1955:

• 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)

• 45th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Baranovichi, Brest Oblast)

• 160th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Balbasovo, Vitebsk Oblast)

Disbanded 1956.

Bases:

• Minsk-Mazovetskiy, Minsk Oblast (1945-1945)

• Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast (1946-1956)

Subordinated:

• 18th Air Army, 1944 - 4.46

• 1st Air Army DA, 4.46 - 1.49

• 50th Air Army DA, 1.49 - 1956