168. IAP (od 7.3.1942 18. GIAP)

168. IAP (from 7.3.1942 18th GIAP)
During 1942 the regiment fought over the Smolensk area. In the summer of 1943 it participated in the Battle of Kursk and its pilots flew Yak-1M fighters. In August, the regiment moved to the Western Front. In 1944, the unit fought over East Prussia as part of the 3rd Belorussian Front when it was rearmed with Yak-3s in early summer. In June 1951, the regiment was sent to fight in North Korea as part of the 303rd IAD. Here the regiment's pilots scored 92 victories with the loss of 18 MiG-15 fighters and 8 pilots. In February 1952, the regiment returned to the USSR.


Notable pilots:
Anufriyev, M.A.
Archipov, V.
Babonin, N.V. (Korea)
Balandin, V.A.
Barsukov, V.N.
Chekhunov, M.N.
Danilenko, N.N.
Golubov, A.Y.
Grishin, A.N.
Pinchuk, N.G.
Seregin, V.G.
Serochkin, V.
Sebirin, S.A.
Simonov, D.V.
Smorchkov, A.P. (Korea)
Stepanov, A.P. (Korea)
Shchukin, L.K. (Korea)
Zamorin, I.A.
Zapaskin, V.
Zuev, G.P.


Source.
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22.6.1941 podléhal 45. smíšená letecká divize
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