Soviet 7th Air Army

[MikeFox]

Hello,

I am looking for the units that made up the 7th Air Army during the summer offensive against Finland in 1944. I know the 13th Air Army had the following units:

113th Bomber Aviation Division - MGen M. V. Shcherbakov
276th Bomber Aviation Division - MGen A. P. Andreev
277th Assault Aviation Division - Col F. S. Khatminsky
281st Assault Aviation Division - Col S. E. Greskov
275th Fighter Aviation Division - Col A. A. Matveev
13th Recon Aviation Regiment
203rd Corrective-Recon Aviation Regt
283rd Fighter Aviation Regt
212th Medical Aviation Regiment
199th Seperate Aviation Supply Regt

I was hoping to find out the same data for the 7th Air Army.

Thanks,
Mike

[ftrbmr]

Hi,

Soviet Army Air Forces' fighter unit participating in the 1944 offensive
against Finland; aircraft types used in individual units mentioned where
known.
13 VA:
275 IAD:
14 Gv.IAP (Yak-9)
29 Gv.IAP (La-5, Yak-7, Yak-9)
159 IAP (La-5, LaG-5)
191 IAP (P-39)
196 IAP (P-39)
____________
II Gv.IAK:
11 Gv.IAP
27 Gv.IAP
102 Gv.IAP
401 IAP
_____________
283 IAP (Yak-7)
______________
7 VA:
1 Gv.SAD:
19 Gv.IAP (P-39)
20 Gv.IAP (P-39)
260 SAD:
197 IAP (Yak-9)
435 IAP (LaGG-3, La-5)
261 SAD:
760 IAP (La-5, some P-40)
324 IAD:
152 IAP (P-40)
195 IAP (P-40)
609 IAP (LaGG-3, La-5)
257 SAD:
415 IAP (La-5, LaGG-3)
773 IAP (P-39)


Henry

[ftrbmr]

Let me do better:

7th Air Army 6/44 and 7/44:

1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division
257th Mixed Aviation Division
260th Mixed Aviation Division
261st Mixed Aviation Division
324th Fighter Aviation Division
204th Corrective-Recon Aviation Regt
858th Fighter Aviation Regt
81st Medical Aviation Regiment
121st Separate Aviation Supply Regt
108th Recon aviation squadron
109th Recon aviation squadron
118th Long range recon aviation squadron
42nd Corrective-recon aviation Regt
73rd Corrective-recon aviation Regt

Henry

[MikeFox]

Henry,

THANKS!

Mike

[yogybär]

Good infos!
- 14 VA from Volkhov Front
- 7 IAK / PVO
- VVS-KBF
were not involved?

[Juha]

I'm not a specialist but IIRC 281st Assault Aviation Division was transferred from 14 VA to 13 VA in May 1944 and yes, VVS-KBF participated to the offensive against Finland.

Juha

[ftrbmr]

According to the BSSA (red army order of battle); 281 Assault division appears under the 13th air army in july 1944. It is listed under the 14th air army in june 1944

I Hope this helps.

Henry

[yogybär]

"
II Gv.IAK:
11 Gv.IAP
27 Gv.IAP
102 Gv.IAP
401 IAP
"
--> in Januar 1944: 11, 26,27,102,103GIAP were organized in 7IAK / PVO. Was this renamed to Guards IAK?
BTW: 1'44 7IAK had 119 A/C = 19 La5, 19 Yak-7, 5 Spitfire, 21 P-40, 23 Hurricane (!), 18 P-40, 14 Yak-1.

Means "II GvIAK" = "11" or "roman 2"?

[ftrbmr]

II GIAK means 2nd GIAK (roman numeral '2') 7 IAK-PVO became 2 GIAK-PVO on 7/7/43 according to the site below:

http://allaces.ru/cgi-bin/s2.cgi/sss.../k/iakpvo7.dat

Henry