VVS P-40 Units
 

Gents

Can anyone out there please assist me with information on when 126IAP and 147IAP became Guards Units (I believe the start of April1942 but am uncertain).

Additionally can anyone please advise where 19GvIAP was operating during Jun 1942 (which front or sector).

best regards and TIA

Buz

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

126 IAP? Never? See:
http://www.allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi...t/p/iap126.dat

26 IAP? Became 26 GIAP November 22th, 1942. See:
http://www.allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi...ct/p/iap26.dat

147 IAP Became 20 GIAP April 4th, 1942. See:
http://www.allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi...t/p/iap147.dat


I would guess somewhat South from Murmansk and North from Louhi (Loukhi). Hannu Valtonen's book Luftwaffen pohjoinen sivusta (in Finnish only) quite certainly has more data but is not at hand here at work. Also see:
http://www.allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi...t/p/iap145.dat


More about P-40 in Soviet Union see this excellent article by Valeriy Romanenko: http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/englis...p-40/index.htm

Copy and paste the Russian URLs to translate.google.com (or somesuch) to translate if necessary.

Cheers,
Kari

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

How is your Russian Buz?

This site might be of some help, http://avia-hobby.ru/publ/soviaps/news.html

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

according to :

"Lend-Lease Aircraft in Russia"
"Red Stars 4"
by Carl-Frederik Geust
ISBN # 952-5026-23-X

on page 193
"19 GIAP (ex 145 IAP , Shongui Spring 1942--May 1943)"
no other information on the 19 GIAP is listed in the book.

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

Buz
This one as well.

The 3 surviving P40C's/Tomahawk IIB's (AK255/AK295/41-13390) all belonged to 147IAP.

http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/englis...very/index.htm

regards

MS

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

Hello again!

From the Valtonen's book.

147 IAP

June 22th, 1941 at Murmashi
August 22nd, 1941 at Afrikanda
January 1st, 1942 at Murmashi
August 1st, 1942 at Kitsa
November 11th, 1942 Murmashi and Shongui
November 21st, 1942 Murmashi, Shongui and Kitsa
January 1st, 1943 Montshegorsk

145 IAP, from March 7th, 1942 19 GIAP

June 22th, 1941 at Shongui
November 1st, 1941 at Louhi 13
April 1st, 1942 at Shongui
June 1st, 1942 at Montshegorsk
August 1st, 1942 at Shongui (rest of the year too)

There is more but year 1942 is covered above. AFAIK the data is based on research work of Juri Rybin (Russia) which Valtonen got via Rune Rautio (Norway).

Cheers,
Kari

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

Gents

Thanks for the clean up on 19GvIAP, and thank you again for the info, great help.

Buz

Re: VVS P-40 Units
 

Hello!

I added the 145 IAP/ 19GIAP data too above. Took the wrong unit first, my bad.

Kari