668th Bomber Aviation Regiment

668-й бомбардировочный авиационный полк

Military Unit: 23330

Activated 1941 as the 668th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment.

23.7.43 renamed 668th Assault Aviation Regiment.

1946 renamed 668th Bomber Aviation Regiment.

10.12.89 renamed 668th Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 1993.

Bases:

• ?, Karelskaya (Karelia) ASSR, 5.45

• Kolomyya, Stanislav (Ivan-Frankovsk) Oblast, 1945 - 19.5.54 [48 31 41N, 25 07 34E]

• Werneuchen, East Germany, 5.54 - 1956 [52 37 50N, 13 46 05E]

• Finow, East Germany, 1956 - 1967 [52 49 41N, 13 41 44E]

• Brand, East Germany, 1967 - 7.68 [52 02 09N, 13 44 48E]

• Tukums, Latvian SSR, 7.68 - 1993 [56 56 38N, 23 13 15E]

Aircraft:

• R-5, 1941-1943

• Il-2, 1943-1945

• Il-10, 1945-1946

• Pe-2(?), 1946-1951

• Il-28, 1951-1965 [authorized strength: 50 Il-28]

• Yak-28I/L, 1965-1974 [authorized strength: 36 Yak-28I]

• Yak-28PP, ? - 1975 (2nd squadron only)

• Su-24, 1974-1983

• Su-24M, 1983-1993

Inventory:

• 1953: 35 Il-28

• 11.90: 30 Su-24 [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 261st Assault Aviation Division, 1944 - 1946

• 132nd Bomber Aviation Division, 1946 - 12.89

• 132nd Maritime Assault Aviation Division, 12.89 - 1993