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After the end of the war, the army was stationed in Austria and Hungary as part of the Soviet occupation forces. Renumbered in 1949 as the 59th Air Army, it was disbanded in 1955 when Soviet troops withdrew from Austria.
The army was formed on 12 May 1942, in accordance with an order of the NKO of 5 May 1942, from the Air Force of the Bryansk Front. Originally supporting the Bryansk Front, the army was transferred to support the Voronezh Front on 9 July. It participated in defensive battles in the Voronezh sector, and then supported the troops of the Southwestern Front in the counter-offensive at Stalingrad (Battle of Stalingrad) between 16 November and 21 December, in collaboration with the 8th Air Army, the 16th Air Army and the 17th Air Army in the fight for supremacy in the air. During this period the 2nd Air Army was under the operational control of the Southwestern Front before returning to the Voronezh Front.[1]
After the war 2nd Air Army was stationed in Austria and Hungary as part of the Soviet occupation forces, serving as the air force of the Southern Group of Forces. It was renumbered as 59th Air Army in 1949 as many Soviet Air Force units received new numbers. The 59th Air Army was disbanded in Austria, but its core was relocated to the town of Székesfehérvár to become the air force of the newly created Special Corps when the Soviet forces withdrew in September 1955.[3][4]
05/07/1942 – Konstantin Smirnov, Colonel, (Major General Aviation from 17 October 1942);
03/27/1943 – May 1947 – Stepan Krasovsky, (Krasovsky was promoted to Lieutenant General Aviation with effect from 20 December 1942 and Colonel General Aviation from 4 February 1944);
September 1947 - Colonel-General Stepan Ulyanovich Rubanov
July 1950 - Colonel-General Vasily Nikolaevich Bibikov
July 1953 - Colonel-General Georgy Vasilevich Zimin
May 1954 - Colonel-General David Yakovlevich Slobozhan
1st Assault Aviation Corps (1st ShAK) (Major General of Aviation Vasily Ryazanov) (from 1944– 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps) in the battles for the liberation of Ukraine, all three divisions of the corps, received the honorary title – Krasnograds'ka, Poltava, Znamenskaya. The corps received the honorific Kirovograd.
205th Fighter Aviation Division (Colonel Yu. A. Nemtsevich), Yak-1 and Yak-7
291st Assault Aviation Division (291st ShAD) (Colonel (promoted to Major General of Aviation February 1944) Andrey Vitruk, Il-2 in three assault regiments and Yak-1, Yak-7 and La-5 in one fighter regiment
208th Night Bomber Aviation Division (208th NBAD) (Colonel Leonid Yuzeyev), U-2, R-5, Tupolev SB, Pe-2 and A-20B
256th Fighter Aviation Division (Colonel N.S. Gerasimov), Yak-7 and Yak-9
1 December 1944
On 1 December 1944, the army included the following units:[9]
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Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1988). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть IV (Январь — декабрь 1944 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part IV (January–December 1944)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
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For the Imperial Japanese 2nd Air Army see Second Air Army Japan You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian May 2010 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Russian article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 2 847 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Russian Wikipedia article at ru 2 ya vozdushnaya armiya SSSR see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated ru 2 ya vozdushnaya armiya SSSR to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The 2nd Air Army Russian 2 ya vozdushnaya armiya 2 VA 2 VA was an air army of the Red Army Air Force Soviet Air Force during the Second World War 2nd Air ArmyActive1942 1955CountrySoviet UnionBranchSoviet Air ForceTypeAir armySize2 004 aircraft April 1945 EngagementsBattle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Battle of the Dnieper Korsun Shevchenkovsky Offensive Lvov Sandomierz Offensive Berlin Offensive Prague OffensiveCommandersNotablecommandersStepan Krasovsky Formed in May 1942 the army fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and was one of the major Soviet air formations in the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of the Dnieper During the final two years of the war the army provided air support for the Soviet troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front including the Lvov Sandomierz offensive the Berlin Offensive and the Prague offensive After the end of the war the army was stationed in Austria and Hungary as part of the Soviet occupation forces Renumbered in 1949 as the 59th Air Army it was disbanded in 1955 when Soviet troops withdrew from Austria Contents 1 World War II 2 Postwar 3 Commanders 4 Composition 4 1 12 May 1942 4 2 5 July 1943 4 3 1 December 1944 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 BibliographyWorld War II EditThe army was formed on 12 May 1942 in accordance with an order of the NKO of 5 May 1942 from the Air Force of the Bryansk Front Originally supporting the Bryansk Front the army was transferred to support the Voronezh Front on 9 July It participated in defensive battles in the Voronezh sector and then supported the troops of the Southwestern Front in the counter offensive at Stalingrad Battle of Stalingrad between 16 November and 21 December in collaboration with the 8th Air Army the 16th Air Army and the 17th Air Army in the fight for supremacy in the air During this period the 2nd Air Army was under the operational control of the Southwestern Front before returning to the Voronezh Front 1 As part of the Voronezh Front renamed the 1st Ukrainian Front on 20 October 1943 the army participated in the Battle of Kursk the Battle of the Dnieper Zhitomir Berdichev Offensive the Korsun Shevchenkovsky Offensive Rovno Lutsk Offensive Proskurov Chernovtsy Offensive Lvov Sandomierz Sandomir Silesia Lower Silesian Offensive Upper Silesian Offensive Battle of Berlin and the Prague Offensive 1 For the Berlin Offensive the air army was among the largest in the Soviet Air Force with an inventory of 2 004 aircraft 2 Postwar EditAfter the war 2nd Air Army was stationed in Austria and Hungary as part of the Soviet occupation forces serving as the air force of the Southern Group of Forces It was renumbered as 59th Air Army in 1949 as many Soviet Air Force units received new numbers The 59th Air Army was disbanded in Austria but its core was relocated to the town of Szekesfehervar to become the air force of the newly created Special Corps when the Soviet forces withdrew in September 1955 3 4 Later the Soviet Air Defence Forces formed a 2nd Army of Air Defence Forces which operated in the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic but this formation was disbanded around 1991 92 Commanders EditThe army was commanded by 1 5 6 05 05 1942 Major General of Aviation Stepan Krasovsky 05 07 1942 Konstantin Smirnov Colonel Major General Aviation from 17 October 1942 03 27 1943 May 1947 Stepan Krasovsky Krasovsky was promoted to Lieutenant General Aviation with effect from 20 December 1942 and Colonel General Aviation from 4 February 1944 September 1947 Colonel General Stepan Ulyanovich Rubanov July 1950 Colonel General Vasily Nikolaevich Bibikov July 1953 Colonel General Georgy Vasilevich Zimin May 1954 Colonel General David Yakovlevich SlobozhanComposition Edit12 May 1942 Edit 205th 206th 7 207th Fighter Aviation Divisions 208th Night Bomber Aviation Division 223rd Short Range Bomber Aviation Division 225th 226th 227th Assault Aviation Division Two independent aviation regiments 1 5 July 1943 Edit At the beginning of the Soviet defensive phase of the Battle of Kursk the army included the following units 8 1st Bomber Aviation Corps 1st BAK Colonel Ivan Polbin from 1944 6th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps equipped with Petlyakov Pe 2 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division Colonel Fyodor Dobysh 293rd Bomber Aviation Division Colonel G V Gribakin 1st Assault Aviation Corps 1st ShAK Major General of Aviation Vasily Ryazanov from 1944 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps in the battles for the liberation of Ukraine all three divisions of the corps received the honorary title Krasnograds ka Poltava Znamenskaya The corps received the honorific Kirovograd 266th Assault Aviation Division Colonel F G Rodyakin Il 2 292nd Assault Aviation Division Colonel Filipp Agaltsov Il 2 203rd Fighter Aviation Division Colonel K G Baranchuk Yak 1 4th Fighter Aviation Corps 4th IAK Major General of Aviation Ivan Podgorny 294th Fighter Aviation Division Colonel V V Sukhoryabov Yak 1 and Yak 7 302nd Fighter Aviation Division Colonel B I Litvinov La 5 5th Fighter Aviation Corps 5th IAK Major General of Aviation Dmitry Galunov 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division Colonel I P Laryushkin La 5 205th Fighter Aviation Division Colonel Yu A Nemtsevich Yak 1 and Yak 7 291st Assault Aviation Division 291st ShAD Colonel promoted to Major General of Aviation February 1944 Andrey Vitruk Il 2 in three assault regiments and Yak 1 Yak 7 and La 5 in one fighter regiment 208th Night Bomber Aviation Division 208th NBAD Colonel Leonid Yuzeyev U 2 R 5 Tupolev SB Pe 2 and A 20B 256th Fighter Aviation Division Colonel N S Gerasimov Yak 7 and Yak 91 December 1944 Edit On 1 December 1944 the army included the following units 9 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division 8th Guards Bomber Aviation Division 4th Bomber Aviation Corps 202nd Bomber Aviation Division 219th Bomber Aviation Division 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps 8th Guards Assault Aviation Division 9th Guards Assault Aviation Division 12th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps 5th Guards Assault Aviation Division 6th Guards Assault Aviation Division 3rd Assault Aviation Corps 307th Assault Aviation Division 308th Assault Aviation Division 181st Fighter Aviation Division 2nd Fighter Aviation Corps 7th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 322nd Fighter Aviation Division 5th Fighter Aviation Corps 8th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 256th Fighter Aviation Division 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division 11th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment 208th Night Bomber Aviation Division 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment 98th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 193rd Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 118th Fire Correction Aviation Regiment 4th Medical Aviation Regiment 1002nd Separate Communications Aviation RegimentReferences EditCitations Edit a b c d 2 ya vozdushnaya armiya Archived from the original on 2011 07 22 Retrieved 2010 04 30 Hardesty amp Grinberg 2012 p 372 Holm Michael 59th Air Army www ww2 dk Retrieved 31 May 2017 Vandor Karoly 2009 Legiero tarsberletben VPP pp http www soviet airforce com en vpp kiado ISBN 9789638848109 Vooruzhennye sily Rossii www soldat ru Retrieved May 19 2020 VOENNAYa LITERATURA Voennaya istoriya Kozhevnikov M N Komandovanie i shtab VVS Sovetskoj Armii v Velikoj Otechestvennoj vojne 1941 1945 g g militera lib ru Retrieved May 19 2020 2 ya VA allaces ru Retrieved May 19 2020 Gorbach 2007 p 456 Gurkin et al 1988 p 348 Bibliography Edit Bonn Keith E David Glantz et al 2005 Slaughterhouse The Handbook of the Eastern Front Bedford Pennsylvania Aberjona Press ISBN 0 9717650 9 X Gorbach Vitaly 2007 Nad Ognennoj Dugoj Sovetskaya aviaciya v Kurskoj bitve in Russian Yauza Eksmo ISBN 978 5 699 20867 8 Gurkin V V et al 1988 Boevoj sostav Sovetskoj armii Chast IV Yanvar dekabr 1944 g Combat Composition of the Soviet Army Part IV January December 1944 PDF in Russian Moscow Voenizdat Hardesty Von Grinberg Ilya 2012 Red Phoenix Rising The Soviet Air Force in World War II 2nd ed University Press of Kansas ISBN 978 0 7006 1828 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2nd Air Army amp oldid 1161313081, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
