88th Guards Krakovskiy order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment

88-й гвардейский истребительный Краковский ордена Богдана Хмельницкого авиационный полк

Military Unit: 26218

Activated 1940 as the 166th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

8.5.43 renamed 88th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Disbanded 4.47.

Bases:

• Götzendorf, Austria, 5.45 - 12.45 [48 01 59N, 16 34 15E]

• Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 12.45 - 4.47 [47 08 36N, 18 25 10E]

Aircraft:

• I-16, 1940-1941

• LaGG-3, 1941-1943

• La-5, 1943-1945

• La-7, 1944-1947

Subordinated:

• 217th Fighter Aviation Division, 12.42 - 5.43

• 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 5.43 - 4.47