USSR Commander 51st Mine and Torpedo Regiment

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USSR Commander 51st Mine and Torpedo Regiment

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Uploaded by - JG1 Vonrd
Date - 11/08/2023 00:39:12
An A-20G-35-DO Ser. No. 43-10067, White 51 of the commander of the 51st Mine and Torpedo Aviation Regiment of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, Ivan Feofanovich Orlenko, at Kolberg airfield, Germany, April-July 1945. It appears that the upper four 50 caliber guns were removed and windows added to allow for a bombardier for more accuracy in torpedo delivery. Of course, that's not an option in game so it's left without the nose glazing.

A generic 51st MTAP skin is included with BORT numbers enabled. This skin is named "USSR 51st Mine and Torpedo Regiment".

On the enlarged detail of the nose section can be seen as a type designation of the machine: U.S.ARMY-A-20G-35, as well as the aircraft serial number 43-10067. At the same time, the silhouettes of three enemy ships that were sunk by this machine are also depicted on the fuselage. Due to the fact that the fuselage is painted with the Order of the Red Ensign and Order of Ushakov 2nd Degree awarded to the regiment on 5.4.1945 and 20.4.1945 respectively, the photograph can be more closely dated to the period April-July 1945. On 8 July 1945 the regiment was also awarded the Order of Nachimov 1st Class, the symbol of which was subsequently painted by technicians on the fuselage of the aircraft next to the previous decorations (see third photo). In both cases, the white inscription in Cyrillic ТАЛЛИНСКИЙ АП[/i] (Tallinskij Aviacionnyj polk) is painted above the Rads, which was the honorary name given to the regiment on 22 October 1944.


The regiment was formed by June 1944. It took an active part in the summer offensive of the Baltic Fleet in the Gulf of Finland and in the operations of the troops of the Leningrad and Karelian fronts, but suffered heavy losses (70 aircraft and 174 people were irretrievably lost) and at the end of July 1944 was withdrawn Novoladozhsky training center for replenishment. Completed the reorganization and flew to the front airfield Klopitsy. For the period of military operations, 117 enemy ships were destroyed by the pilots of the regiment, including the cruiser Niobe, 3 destroyers, 85 transport vessels, 1 submarine, 13 patrol vessels.
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