57th Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

57-й гвардейский истребительный Краснознаменный авиационный полк ПВО

Military Unit: 40442

Activated 3.38 as the 36th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

8.2.43 renamed 57th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

1947 renamed 57th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

6.78 absorbed the 991st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.

Disbanded 10.93.

Bases:

• Gross Koslau, Germany, early 1945

• Gabbert, Germany, 1945

• Kluczewo (Klützow), Poland, 7.5.45

• Peenemünde, Germany, 14.5.45 - 6.45 [54 09 57N, 13 46 50]

• Bydgocz (Bromberg), Poland, 6.45 - 1.46 [53 05 48N, 17 58 49E]

• Kaliningrad-Chkalovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 1.46 - 1947 [54 46 00N, 20 23 52E] or possibly Mayak (Brusterort), Kaliningrad Oblast [54 56 14N, 19 59 04E]

• Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, 1947 - 10.50 [52 38 13N, 38 24 46E]

• ?, China, 10.50 - 3.52

• Veshchevo, Leningrad Oblast, 3.52 - 6.78 [60 40 28N, 29 10 01E]

• Besovets, Karelian ASSR, 6.78 - 11.90 [61 53 11N, 34 09 13E]

• Norilsk-Alykel, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, 11.90 - 10.93 [69 18 44N, 87 19 39E]

Aircraft:

• I-15/16, 1938-1942

• Spitfire Mk.V, 1942-1943

• P-39, 1943-1945

• P-63, 1945-1948

• MiG-9, 1948-1950

• MiG-15, 1950-1954

• MiG-17, 1954-1964

• Su-9, 1964-1978

• Su-15TM, 6.78-1991

• MiG-31, 1992-10.93 [training begun 1992, but it's unclear if any MiG-31 were ever delivered to the unit]

Inventory:

• 11.90: no aircraft [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordinated:

• 329th Fighter Aviation Division, 10.43 - 1.46

• 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1.46 - 1947

• 328th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1947 - 1952

• 000 Fighter Aviation Division PVO, 1952 - 1960

• 18th Air Defence Corps, 1960 - 1978

• 5th Air Defence Division, 1978 - 1980

• VVS Leningrad Military District, 4.80 - 4.86

• 54th Air Defence Corps, 4.86 - 11.90

• 22nd Air Defence Division, 11.90 - 1993