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17th Air Army

17-я воздушная армия

History

Operational group of 17th Air Army arrived in Sofia region on 14 September soon Attack and Fighter Aviation Division and two bomber regiments were rebased to airfields around Sofia, Plovdiv and Lom.

After completion of operation RATWEEK took over interdiction missions attacking retreating German Army Group E from Greece. From 13 to 30 September 17th Air Army made 1437 sorties destroying or damaging 24 locomotives, 291 railroad carts , 11 aircraft, 121 vehicles, two ammo warehouses, destroyed railway bridges near Niš, Kačanik and Vratarnica, tunnel south-east of Skopje, 5 aircraft hangars etc.

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In September it had 1292 aircraft available.

• Northern group
• Southern group
• 9th Mixed Aviation Corps
• 136th Assault Aviation Division
• 306th Assault Aviation Division
• 295th Fighter Aviation Division
• Air Group of General-Major Vitruk
• 10th Guard Assault Division
• 236th Fighter Aviation Division
• 189th Assault Aviation Division
• 194th Fighter Aviation Division
• 288th Fighter Aviation Division, Major General B.A. Smironov
• 244th Bomber Aviation Division
• 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
• 371st Night Bomber Aircraft Regiment
• 39th Recon Aircraft Regiment
• 96th Spotter-Recon Aircraft Regiment
• 3rd Sanitary Aircraft Regiment
• 1614th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
• 1615th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
• 1654th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment

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Operations

• Belgrade Operation
• Batina Operation

Reference

• Beogradska operacija, pages 88-90, 101-102

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