Researching Red Army/Navy Units

[Taz]

Dolf,
Thanks very much for taking the time to ask around for info it's much appreciated. ;)

Eddie.

[Dolf]

My pleasure, and thank you, Eddie ;)

Dolf

[salyan]

Fellow forum members and experts...
I was wondering if anyone may know more about the "5th High-Speed Air Bomber Regiment" .... my specific question/inquiry is to find out what type of aircraft was flown in this regiment.
Background - I have a screwback Red Banner awarded to an aerial gunner/flight commander in this unit...for bombing raids on enemy on 27 June 1941.
Appreciate any help on this! Dan

[Taz]

Hi Dan,

I haven't found anything of interest for you yet. :(
Still looking though I'll keep you posted.

Here are the planes that could come into question at the time of the Invasion of the Soviet Union - Operation Barbarossa, 1941

SB-2 (1939)
Ap-2
Ilyushin DB-3
Ilyushin DB-3F (Il-4)
Ilyushin Il-2 Stormovik
Petlyakov Pe-2 "Peshka"
Petlyakov Pe-8 (TB-7)
Sukhoi Su-2
Tupolev SB
Tupolev TB-3
Yermolayev Yer-2

Eddie.

[otlichnik]

I can't find anything on that regiment or on "high speed bomber" units in general.

Sadly, the air force remains a black hole when it comes to WWII organization.

Shawn

[Taz]

Hi Shawn,
Nice to know you have also been looking for these mysterious Regiments.
I've only found a few bits and pieces on different High-speed Bomber Regiments such as the Ap- 2 pic below.
The standard Soviet fast bomber was the SB-2 the first new aircraft Il-2, Pe-2 and Tu-2 types had not left the production facilities at the time of the invasion.
I think they are also called fast bomber Regiments.

Fast Bomber Air Regiment (Skorostnoi Bombardiovochnyi Aviatsionnyi Polk)

The 38th,49th and the 150th SBAP's all flew SB-2's, mind you that was in 1939.

38 SBAP -53 SB-2's
49 SBAP -57 SB-2's
150 SBAP -71 SB-2's


http://www.journalsovietarmy.org/article_index.xls

Under the above address there is a 2 page article on the 5th Fast Bomber Regiment [September 1939 - March 1941] written by the Soviet Air Force Studies Group.
Maybe this would interest you Dan.

The Regiments listed below are also availiable by the same Autors

1st Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
2nd Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
8th Fast Bomber Regiment (June 1940-March 1941)
9th Fast Bomber Regiment (October 1939-March 1941)
13th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
16th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
24th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
30th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1940-March 1941)
34th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
36th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
37th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
39th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
40th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
49th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
54th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
55th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
56th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
57th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
59th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
70th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)
72nd Fast Bomber Regiment (June 1940-March 1941)
136th ‘Blitz’ Bomber Regiment (March 1940-December 1940)
137th Fast Bomber Regiment (May 1940-March 1941)
138th Fast Bomber Regiment (June 1940-January 1941)
140th Fast Bomber Regiment (May 1940-March 1941)
150th Fast Bomber Regiment (September 1939-March 1941)

Eddie.


Ap-2 of the 33-th High-speed Bomber Air Regiment, July 1941

[salyan]

Shawn/Eddie.. awesome help...thanks guys!
For Eddie - I hadn't tapped into this journal before...I will further investigate!
Dan

[DougD]

Looking for info on the 524th Chemical Defence Battalion ( as well as a better direct translation). I know this is a long shot, but what the heck. Standard dates from 1944ish.

DougD

[Esteban_cool]

Can someone show pictures(or give me the link to them)of the following aircraft:
Ilyushin DB-3
Petlyakov Pe-8 (TB-7)
Tupolev SB
Tupolev TB-3
Yermolayev Yer-2

[Taz]

Esteban,

Here are a few links for you.

Ilyushin DB-3

http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~wingman/db-3.html
http://www.aeronautics.ru/ildb3.htm
http://www.russian.ee/~star/air/russia/il_db-3.html
http://www.cofe.ru/Avia/I/I-15.htm

This site has info on the Petlyakov Pe-2 with all its variants including its plane of origin the Petlyakov Pe-8.

http://www.vectorsite.net/avpe2.html

Tupolev SB "KATIUSKA"

http://www.aire.org/gce/avi_rep/tupolev.htm
http://www.aire.org/gce/english/rac/tupolev.htm

Here is a book dedicated to the Tupolev SB - Soviet High Speed Bomber

http://www.icarusbooks.com/tupolev.htm

Tupolev TB-3 - Soviet Heavy Bomber

http://wmilitary.neurok.ru/tb3.html
http://wp.scn.ru/camms/archive/ww15_...ex2.shtml?0005
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/2812.htm

Yermolayev Yer-2

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevo.../YER2YERM.html
http://www.cofe.ru/Avia/Y/Y-27.htm
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vv...rmolayev_1.htm

Eddie.