176th Guards Proskurovskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment

176-й гвардейский истребительный Проскуровский Краснознаменный орденов Кутузова и Александра Невского авиационный полк

Military Unit: 49772

Activated 22.3.38 as the 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

19.8.44 renamed 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

2.52 renamed 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 3.60.

In 1966 the honours and awards were transferred to the 234th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Bases:

• Schönwalde, Germany, 5.45 - 12.45 [52 37 03N, 13 09 21E]
• Teplyy Stan, Moscow Oblast, 12.45 - 11.50 [55 37 42N, 37 24 53E]
• Dongfeng, China, 11.50 - 4.51 [42 39 56N, 125 29 50E]
• Andun, China, 4.51 - 2.52 [40 01 26N, 124 17 05E]
• Oreshkovo, Kaluga Oblast, 2.52 - 3.60 [54 28 03N, 36 04 24E]

Aircraft:

• I-15bis, 1938-1941
• I-16/153, 1938-1941
• LaGG-3, 1941-1942
• La-5, 1942-1944
• La-7, 1944-1948
• La-9/11, 1948-1949
• MiG-15, 1949-1956
• MiG-17, 1954-1960

Subordination:

• 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps, 1.45 - 4.45
• 265th Fighter Aviation Division, 4.45 - 12.45
• 324th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.45 - 2.52
• 324th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 2.52 - 3.58
• 98th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 3.58 - 3.60