7th Assault Aviation Corps

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7th Assault Aviation Corps
7 ShAK
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Il-2 attack
Active1943-1949
Disbanded10 January 1949
CountrySoviet Union
BranchAir Force
EngagementsWorld War II

The 7th Assault Aviation Corps (7 ShAK) was an aviation corps of the Red Air Force that fought in World War II.

Names[]

  • 7th Attack Air Corps
  • 7th Attack Air Corps Sevastopol

History[]

The 7th Assault Aviation Corps was formed on 21 July 1943 from the .[1] It received the Sevastopol honorific for its support of the Crimean Offensive. The corps was renumbered as the 68th Assault Aviation Corps on 10 January 1949.[2]

Operational army[]

  • C 21 July 1943 to 16 May 1944, just 301 days [3]
  • C 17 August 1944 to 16 April 1945, just 243 days,[3]

Total: 544 days

Subordinations[]

Unit Period
8th Air Army, Southern Front 07/21/1943 - 10/20/1943
8th Air Army, 4th Ukrainian Front 20/10/1943 - 16/05/1944
Reserve of the Supreme High Command 05/16/1944 - 06/01/1944
Air Force Kharkov Military District 06/01/1944 - 17/08/1944
14th Air Army,3rd Baltic Front 08/17/1944 - 01/10/1944
3rd Air Army, 1st Baltic Front 01/10/1944 - 02/01/1945
15th Air Army, 2nd Baltic Front 02/01/1945 - 03/01/1945
15th Air Army, , Leningrad Front 03/01/1945 - 16/04/1945
Reserve of the Supreme High Command 04/16/1945 - 06/10/1945
14th Air Army, Carpathian Military District 06/10/1945 - 02/20/1949
, Carpathian Military District 02/20/1949 - 04/01/1956

Composition[]

    • (1944-1945)
    • (1943-1944)
  • (since 07.21.1943 at 08.1943 and 01.1944, the on 05.1944 g)

References[]

  1. ^ Order number 0087 of July 21, 1943
  2. ^ General Staff directive number ORG / 1/120016 of 10 January 1949
  3. ^ a b List number 4 offices buildings that were part of the army in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Moscow. 1956.
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