Soviet units in May 1945

[Ju88G1]

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

[Kari Lumppio]

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

[Ju88G1]

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

[Carl-Fredrik Geust]

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

[Christer Bergström]

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

[Ju88G1]

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

[Ruy Horta]

Originally Posted by Christer Bergström

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/

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 ops:

[Andy Fletcher]

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