116th Leningradskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

116-я тяжелая бомбардировочная Ленинградская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова авиационная дивизия

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 11.43 as the 334th Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 5.45:

• 12th Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-2

• 132nd Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-2

• 454th Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-2

Organisation 4.46:

• 12th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smirnykh (Kiton), Sakhalin) with Tu-2

• 132nd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smirnykh (Kiton), Sakhalin) with Tu-2

• 454th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smirnykh (Kiton), Sakhalin) with Tu-2

10.1.49 renamed 116th Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 1952:

• 12th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with Tu-2

• 132nd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tartu, Estonian SSSR) with Tu-2

• 454th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with Tu-2

1953 renamed 116th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.

Organisation 1955:

• 12th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with Tu-16K

• 685th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with Tu-16K

• 61st independent Fighter Aviation Squadron (Ostrov, Pskov Oblast) with MiG-15SDK (cruise missile simulator aircraft)

Disbanded 1959.

Bases:

• Smirnykh (Kiton), Sakhalin, 9.45 - 6.51 [49 44 16N, 142 51 25E]

• Baranovichi, Brest Oblast, 6.51 - 11.51 [53 05 51N, 26 02 50E]

• Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, 11.51 - 1959 [57 17 51N, 28 26 03E]

Subordinated:

• 6th Bomber Aviation Corps, 10.4.45 - 10.1.49

• 76th Bomber Aviation Corps, 10.1.49 - 6.51

• 74th Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, 6.51 - 1956

• 50th Air Army, 6.54 - 1959