2nd Air Army
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The 2nd Air Army was a formation of the Aviation of the Red Army (Soviet Air Force
) as part of the Soviet Armed Forces
during the Second World War. It was formed on May 12, 1942 by an order of the NKO of May 5, 1942 on the basis of the Air Force of the Bryansk Front
.
The army 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
), in collaboration with the 8th Air Army, the 16th Air Army and the 17th Air Army in the fight for supremacy in the air.
As part of the Voronezh
(from 20 October 1943 the 1st Ukrainian Front
) the army participated in the Battle of Kursk
, the Battle of the Dnieper
, Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
, the Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive, Rivne-Lutsk Proskurov-Chernivtsi Lvov-Sandomierz
Sandomir-Silesia Lower Silesian Offensive Upper Silesian Offensive, Battle of Berlin
and the Prague Offensive
.
From its founding the army was part of the Bryansk Front
. On 9 July 1942 is included in the Voronezh Front
. From 16 November by 21 December 1942 was in operational control of Southwestern Front, and then returned to the composition of the Voronezh Front. On 20 October 1943, the Voronezh Front was renamed the 1st Ukrainian Front
and 2 VA was subordinated to it.
The army was commanded by:
After the war 2nd Air Army was stationed in Austria as part of the Soviet occupation forces. It was disbanded in 1949. 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.
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Force, officially known in Russian as Военно-воздушные силы or Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily and often abbreviated VVS was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces...
) as part of the Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Armed Forces
The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR , and Soviet Union from their beginnings in the...
during the Second World War. It was formed on May 12, 1942 by an order of the NKO of May 5, 1942 on the basis of the Air Force of the Bryansk Front
Bryansk Front
The Bryansk Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War.General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it first formed in mid-late August 1941, comprising, in Erickson's words, 'on paper two armies, 50th and 13th, with eight rifle divisions each, three...
.
The army 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
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southwestern Russia. The battle took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943...
), in collaboration with the 8th Air Army, the 16th Air Army and the 17th Air Army in the fight for supremacy in the air.
As part of the Voronezh
Voronezh Front
The Voronezh Front was a front of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. The name indicated the primary geographical region in which the Front first fought, based on the town of Voronezh on the Don River....
(from 20 October 1943 the 1st Ukrainian Front
1st Ukrainian Front
The 1st Ukrainian Front was a front—a force the size of a Western Army group—of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.-Wartime:...
) the army participated in the Battle of Kursk
Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk took place when German and Soviet forces confronted each other on the Eastern Front during World War II in the vicinity of the city of Kursk, in the Soviet Union in July and August 1943. It remains both the largest series of armored clashes, including the Battle of Prokhorovka,...
, the Battle of the Dnieper
Battle of the Dnieper
The Lower Dnieper Offensive took place in 1943 during the Second World War. It was one of the largest Second World War operations, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides and stretching on a 1400 kilometer long front...
, Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive
The Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive operation was a part of the strategic offensive of the Red Army in the right-bank Ukrainian SSR. The offensive operation was conducted by the forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front commanded by General of Army Nikolai Vatutin during World War II, from 24 December ...
, the Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive, Rivne-Lutsk Proskurov-Chernivtsi Lvov-Sandomierz
Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
The Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive or the L'vov-Sandomierz Strategic Offensive Operation was a major Red Army operation to force the German troops from Ukraine and Eastern Poland...
Sandomir-Silesia Lower Silesian Offensive Upper Silesian Offensive, Battle of Berlin
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II....
and the Prague Offensive
Prague Offensive
The Prague Offensive was the last major Soviet operation of World War II in Europe. The offensive, and the battle for Prague, was fought on the Eastern Front from 6 May to 11 May 1945. This battle for the city is particularly noteworthy in that it ended after the Third Reich capitulated on 8 May...
.
From its founding the army was part of the Bryansk Front
Bryansk Front
The Bryansk Front was a Front of the Soviet Army during the Second World War.General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it first formed in mid-late August 1941, comprising, in Erickson's words, 'on paper two armies, 50th and 13th, with eight rifle divisions each, three...
. On 9 July 1942 is included in the Voronezh Front
Voronezh Front
The Voronezh Front was a front of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War. The name indicated the primary geographical region in which the Front first fought, based on the town of Voronezh on the Don River....
. From 16 November by 21 December 1942 was in operational control of Southwestern Front, and then returned to the composition of the Voronezh Front. On 20 October 1943, the Voronezh Front was renamed the 1st Ukrainian Front
1st Ukrainian Front
The 1st Ukrainian Front was a front—a force the size of a Western Army group—of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.-Wartime:...
and 2 VA was subordinated to it.
The army was commanded by:
- 05/05/1942 - Stepan KrasovskyStepan KrasovskySczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky (Belorussian: Сцяпан Якімавіч Красоўскі, Russified: Stepan Akimovich Krasovsky [Степан Акимович Красовский];...
, Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
aviation - 05/07/1942 - Konstantin Smirnov, ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
, (Major General Aviation from 17 October 1942); - 03/27/1943 - until the end of the war - Stepan KrasovskyStepan KrasovskySczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky Sczyapan Yakimavich Krasuisky (Belorussian: Сцяпан Якімавіч Красоўскі, Russified: Stepan Akimovich Krasovsky [Степан Акимович Красовский];...
, (Krasovsky was promoted to Lieutenant General Aviation with effect from 20 December 1942 and Colonel General Aviation from 4 February 1944);
May 12, 1942
- 205th, 206th , 207th Fighter Air Division(s)
- 208th Night Bomber Air Division
- 223rd Air Division blizhnebombardirovochnaya
- 225th, 226th, 227th Air Assault Division
- Two independent air regiments.
July 5, 1943
- 1st Bomber Air Corps (1bak) ( Polbin, Colonel) (with 194? Year - 6 Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (1943-45 year))
- 1-Ground Attack Air Corps (1shak) ( VG Ryazanov, Major General Aviation) (with 194? Year - 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps) in the battles for the liberation of Ukraine, all three divisions stationed in the Air Corps general assault Ryazanov, received the honorary title - Krasnograds'ka, Poltava, Znamenskaya. The body was renamed Kirovograd.
- 3rd Guards Attack Air Division
- 140-th Kyiv Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (the scarlet banner which in future will decorate the Order of the Red Banner and Bogdan Khmelnitsky)
- 141-th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment?
- 9 Guards Attack Air Division
- 141-th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment?
- 155-th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment
- 3rd Guards Attack Air Division
- 4-Fighter Air Corps (4iak) ( ID Podgornyy, Major General Aviation)
- 5-Fighter Air Corps (5iak) ( DP Galunov, Major General Aviation)
- 291-I Attack Air Division (291shad) ( AN Vitruka, 1942-1943 year - Colonel in February 1944, Major General Aviation) (from March 1943 - 10 Guards Attack Air Division, was awarded the honorary title "Voronezh" (May 1943) and "Kiev" (November 1943), with the July 1944 Red Banner (awarded the Red Banner, Suvorov 2 First Class, Kutuzov 2 nd degree));
- I-208 Night Bomber Air Division (208nbad) ( LI Yuzeev, Colonel)
- The editors of the newspaper "Wings of Victory" (Newspaper 2VA')
Dec. 1, 1944
- 2-Guards Bomber Air Corps (1 dc, 8 dc Bud)
- 4th Bomber Air Corps (202, 219 Bud)
- 1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps (8 and 9 of the Guards. Shad, 12 Guards. Iyad)
- 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps (5 and 6 Guards. Shad)
- 3rd Assault Air Corps (307, 308 Shad, 181 Iyad)
- 2nd Fighter Air Corps (7gv, 322 Iyad)
- 5th Fighter Air Corps (8 dc, 256 Iyad)
- 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (9, 22, 23 Guards IAD),
- 11 rt Iyad,
- 208 nbad,
- 1 dc IAP,
- 98 Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 193 Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 118 крап
- 4 санап
- 1002 oans
After the war 2nd Air Army was stationed in Austria as part of the Soviet occupation forces. It was disbanded in 1949. 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.