Soviet units in May 1945
 

Where was the following units stationed in the beginning of May 1945 and who were their commanders ?
7. GShAP
12. IAP
21. IAP
35. ShAP
51. MTAP

Any other information is more than welcome
Thanks in advance

Tere!

51. MTAP was at Kolberg, Germany (spelling from Russian) from April 1945 if I got it right. And Orlenko Ivan Feofanovich (hope my try of English transliteration is right) is given as commander (Oct 1944 - May 1945). I didn't find his rank with quick search. Check the unit homepage too (in Russian):

http://www.bellabs.ru/51/

Mr. Anrey Dikov is the expert of Baltic Fleet aviation and should know the rest and more. I am interested too.

Cheers,
Kari

Hi Kari
Thanks for the reply. 51. MTAP bombed the harbours of Roenne and Neksoe in May 1945. It is a part of Danish history that are not well studied. A lot of books from the Cold War dismissed the Russian attacks as terror attacks against a danish city. The target was German ships in the two harbours, but the pilots hit almost everything else. I think that some of the bombers attacked from the sea and then 'walked their bombs' up through the city of Roenne.
The Danes always claimed that the Germans shot down a couple of Russian planes, but the Russians denies that. I don't think that any Russian planes were shot down, but I would be nice to know for sure.

Carsten

VVS KBF units
 

Carsten,
at the end of WW II the dislocation of the units of VVS KBF you are interested in were as follows:
35 ShAP: Elbing (from 27.3.1945), Commander Lt.Col. I.F.Suslin (from 6.9.194)
7 GvShAP: Kolberg (from 30.4.-2.5.1945), Commander Lt.Col., Double HSU A.Ye.Mazurenko (from 22.1.1944)
12 IAP: Kolberg (from 30.4.-2.5.1945), Commander Maj. S.S.Belyayev (from 12.1.1945)
21 IAP: Kolberg (from 30.4.-2.5.1945), Commander Lt.Col. HSU P.I.Pavlov (from 9.1.1943)
51 MTAP: Kolberg (from 30.4.-9.5.1945), Commander Maj. I.F.Orlenko (from Nov. 1944)
For photos, please contact me off-line,
Carl

Slightly off-topic, but how come my computer is unable to read the cyrillic text on the site which was recommended in this thread, http://www.bellabs.ru/51/ ?? :?:

. . .when I have no peoblem reading other Russian sites (like this excellent site, for instance: http://www.allaces.ru/ )

What do I need to read the text on http://www.bellabs.ru/51/ ??? :?:

All best,

Christer Bergström

http://www.graf-grislawski.elknet.pl/index.htm

http://www.bergstrombooks.elknet.pl/bc-rs/

http://www.bergstrombooks.elknet.pl/...-ace/index.htm

soviet units
 

thanks Carl-Fredrik
That is a great help. I have contacted you via your pm
Carsten

Did some tests, but on my setup I had the best result switching off automatic selection going into more and choosing Cyrillic Windows.

Picked up the Cyrillic word for aircraft a couple of times, that's about as far as I go :oops:

VVS-KBF Order of Battle
 

Hi Carl,

Is it possible that you could list the OoB for VVS-KBF for 01May43 or list any links or books (in English) that might contain this info.

Regards

Andy Fletcher