159. IAP

159. IAP
This regiment operated from 1941 to 1944 in the Leningrad area. In the summer of 1942, fought in the context of Volchovského front on the yak-7B. In 1944 he participated in the offensive against Finland. In the later years of the war the pilots of the regiment flew gradually to fighter planes P-40 Kittyhawk, La-5 and La-has 5fn.

Distinguished pilots:
Bulajev, And.D.
Jermakov, D.In.
Licholetov, P.J.
Lukyanov, And.M.
Serov, In.G.
Veděnějev, In.Also.
Zotov, In.And.

Source: Stalin's falcons 2. part..
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