239th independent Guards Belgorodskiy Red Banner Helicopter Regiment

239-й отдельный гвардейский Белгородский краснознаменный вертолетный полк

Military Unit: 15246, from 1994: 79048

Activated 11.6.38 in Borovskoye, Vitebsk Oblast, as the 3rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment.

20.3.42 renamed 3rd Aviation Regiment Long-Range, and 18.9.43 23rd Guards Aviation Regiment Long-Range.

26.12.44 renamed 239th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

8.48 renamed 239th Guards Transport Aviation Regiment.

4.11.56 arrived in Debrecen, Hungary - and remained there into 1957.

17.11.59 renamed 239th independent Guards Helicopter Regiment.

21.8.68 - 10.68 stationed in Prag, Czechoslovakia.

Disbanded 4.98.

Bases:

• Wola Ociecka, Poland, 7.45 - 4.46
• Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR, 1948 - 11.59 [55 53 36N, 23 23 45E]
• Fürstenwalde, East Germany, 11.59 - 1962 [52 23 16N, 14 05 46E]
• Brandis, East Germany, 1962 - 9.77 [51 19 43N, 12 39 23E]
• Oranienburg, East Germany, 9.77 - 18.6.94 [52 43 56N, 13 13 05E]
• Efremov, Tula Oblast, 6.94 - 4.98 [53 06 59N, 38 14 39E]

Aircraft:

• TB-3, 1938-1942
• Li-2, 1942-1960
• An-2, ?-1960
• Mi-4, 1954-1971
• Mi-6, 1962-1994
• Mi-8T, 1969-1989
• Mi-8MT/MTV, 1987-1998
• Mi-10PP, 1965-1972
• Mi-24, 1994-1998

Inventory:

• 1965 with 45 Mi-4
• 11.90 with 26 Mi-6 and 34 Mi-8 (CFE treaty data exchange)

Subordination:

• 23rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 1941 - 3.42
• 53rd Aviation Division Long-Range, 3.42 - 12.44
• 53rd Bomber Aviation Division, 12.44 - 4.46
• 13th Air Army, 4.46 - 10.48
• 35th Transport Aviation Division, 10.48 - 1955
• 35th Military-Transport Aviation Division, 1955 - 1956
• Baltic Military District, 1956 - 11.59
• 24th Air Army, 11.59 - 5.80
• Group of Forces Germany, 5.80 - 6.94
• Moscow Military District, 6.94 - 4.98