5th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 5th Fighter Aviation Regiment () was a fighter regiment of the Soviet Air Forces () which took part in the Soviet–Japanese War.

History

The regiment was formed on September 7, 1938, in the Siberian Military District. On May 31, 1939, the regiment was transferred to cover the 1st Red Banner Army until June 15, 1939.

On June 22, 1941, the regiment, located at Sukhaya Rechka, was part of 32nd Mixed Aviation Division (or 33rd? ), earmarked to support 1st Red Banner Army, alongside two other fighter regiments and a bomber regiment.

From August 1942, the regiment formed part of the .

On August 9, with the Soviet entry into the Pacific War, the 5th Fighter Aviation Regiment was moved to the front and flew sorties until September 3rd, 1945.

The regiment was disbanded on either April 1, 1947, or May 5, 1947 as part of the at the Kamen-Rybolov airfield.

Commanders

List of commanders for the entire duration of the regiment:

• Colonel Lisin Vasilsi Timofeevich (1938)
• Lieutenant colonel Manaseyev Dmitry Ivanovich (December 2, 1942 – December 31, 1945)

Aircraft operated

See also

Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Multiple authors. List No. 12 aviation regiments of the Air Force of the Red Army, which were part of the Active Army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Pokrovsky. — Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military-Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. — Moscow: Voenizdat, 1960. - T. Appendix to the Directive of the General Staff of January 18, 1960, No. 170023.
• Vse istrebitelʹnye aviapolki Stalina : pervaia polnaia ėntsiklopediia. Moskva: Yauza-press. 2014 . Also rendered as Anokhin V.A. Bykov M.Yu. All fighter regiments of Stalin. The first complete encyclopedia. — Popular science edition. - Moscow: Yauza-press, 2014. - S. 304–308. — 944 p."