198th Guards Sevastopolskiy Red Banner Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment

198-й гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный Севастопольский Краснознаменный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 1940 as the 125th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

29.9.42 renamed 125th Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

26.3.43 renamed 15th Guards Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

21.12.45 renamed 198th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

1952 renamed 198th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1959.

Bases:

• Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast, 1945 - 2.51 [48 33 42N, 32 23 12E]

• Borispol, Kiev Oblast, 2.51 - 1959 [50 20 13N, 30 53 37E]

Aircraft:

• SB, 1940-1942

• B-25, 1942-1950

• Tu-4, 1950-1956

• Tu-16, 1956-1959

Subordinated:

• 13th Bomber Aviation Division, 1940 - 7.41

• 2nd Mixed Aviation Division, 9.41 - 1.42

• 222nd Long-Range Bomber Aviation Division, 7.42 - 9.42

• 222nd Aviation Division Long-Range, 9.42 - 3.43

• 4th Guards Aviation Division Long-Range, 3.43 - 12.44

• 14th Guards Bomber Aviation Division, 12.44 - 1952

• 14th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1952 - 1959