111th Helicopter Regiment (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 111th Helicopter Regiment The regiment was established on December 4 1944, in Novi Sad, from Yugoslav partisan aviators with the Soviet Air Force 17th Air Army's 166th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (166.GShAP). It became independent from Soviet command and personnel in May 1945. The regiment was part of the 42nd Aviation Assault Division; it was equipped with Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik ground-attack aircraft. The regiment took part in final operations for the liberation of Yugoslavia. During combat operations, it was based at Novi Sad, Klenak, Ma arme ke and Pleso airfields.