Battle for Kiev 1943: VVS order of battle

[Jens]

Its most likely.

[yogybär]

Thanks to NBE1942 & Henry, we get more details slowly:

• 5.ShAK (4.GShAD, 264.ShAD), eq.Il-2
• 5.IAK:
  8.GIAD: 40.GIAP, 41.GIAP,

• 927IAP&88.GIAP eq. (La5)
  256IAD: 728IAP eq. Jak-7B, 91IAP eq. Jak-1, 32.IAP
• 10.IAK
  235IAD: 3GIAP&181IAP eq.La5, 239IAP
  201IAD aka 10GIAD: 13IAP aka 111GIAP &437IAP aka 113GIAP eq.La5FN, 236IAP aka 116GIAP (Jak1)
• 202 BAD: ?
• 227,291ShAD, eq.Il-2
• 208NBAD, eq. Po-2
• 50RAP: ?

I think the promotions of 201IAD and its IAPs to Guards did happen after Kiev (?). Gotta check the allaces-site, but time is running and I have to work on the map-projects for PF and... life is always like some rockstar once said: "So many girls, so little time "

Still AF's would be interesting... couldn't find names in Woroshekins biography...

Is there a site liek www.ww2.dk for the VVS?

[Kari Lumppio]

Originally Posted by yogybär

Is there a site liek www.ww2.dk for the VVS?

Hello!

Not as comprehensive, but a good start for the organizational structure:
http://www.allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi...truct/main.dat

It's all in Russian so knowing the cyrillics (at least) is of help.

Cheers,
Kari

[kalender1973]

Originally Posted by yogybär

Is there a site liek www.ww2.dk for the VVS?

http://ilpilot.narod.ru/ site contain the OOB for each soviet air army etc.

But only in russian language

[yogybär]

I could imagine that the units had mixed types, maybe even Yak1, Yak9 and Yak7. At least it was no uncommon that IAPs had mixed equipment of Yak9 and Yak7.