16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
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The 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was an elite Soviet Air Force unit in World War II, renowned as the combat unit of top ace Aleksandr Pokryshkin and credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Soviet Air Force fighter aviation regiment ⓘ |
| allegiance | Red Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfService | Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Fighter aviation regiments of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Soviet Guards units ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designation | 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eliteUnit | true ⓘ |
| engagement | air battles over the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
World War II era
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| front | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Russian ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Aleksandr Pokryshkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high number of aerial victories
ⓘ
service as combat unit of top Soviet ace Aleksandr Pokryshkin ⓘ |
| notablePersonnel | Aleksandr Pokryshkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | fighter aviation ⓘ |
| service | Soviet Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Allies ⓘ |
| theatre | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | fighter regiment ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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