82nd Aviation Brigade (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 82nd Aviation Brigade The 43rd Bomber Aviation Regimen was formed on August 27, 1945 at Sombor equipped with Soviet made Petlyakov Pe-2 bombers. It was part of 4th Aviation Bomber Division. By the 1948 year this regiment was renamed like all other units of Yugoslav Army, so it has became 109th Bomber Aviation Regiment. The commanders of regiment were Sava Poljanec, Ivo Novak, Berislav Supek, Franjo Je, and ivko Ranisavljevi . The 109th Bomber Aviation Regiment was based at Sombor airfield until 1949, when it was dislocated to Pleso airport. By year 1959 it has moved to Cerklje Air Base. It was armed with Soviet Pe-2 bombers until 1952 when they were replaced with British made Mosquito Mk 6. Mosquitos were replaced with domestic Ikarus S-49C fighters by year 1956. In that period regiment was designated as Fighter Regiment. S-49's were replaced in 1960 by US Republic F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bombers, which remain in service with regiment until 1966.