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: 32. vazduhoplovna divizija/ 32. ваздухопловна дивизија'') was a

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n military air unit originally established in 1945 as the 4th Aviation Bomber Division (''

: 4. vazduhoplovna bombarderska divizija / 4. ваздухопловна бомбардерска дивизија'').

History

1st Fighter Regiment

The 1st Fighter Regiment ( sh-Latn, 1. lovački puk, 1. ловачки пук) was an

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established 18 May 1945 as part of the Yugoslav Air Force. The regiment was stationed at

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until it was disbanded after three months. The 1st Fighter Regiment was formed on 18 May 1945. It comprised aircraft and personnel from two former RAF squadrons, No. 352 and No. 351 that had been operated by Yugoslav personnel and equipped with British-made

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Mk IV and

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Mk VC and IX

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. The regiment, under the command of Đuro Ivanšević, was short-lived. It was disbanded by the end of August 1945, with its personnel sent to Sombor to contribute to the formation of the 4th Aviation Bomber Division. Some of its equipment was transferred to

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airport.

Aircraft

* Hawker Hurricane IV * Supermarine Spitfire VC * Supermarine Spitfire IX

4th Aviation Bomber Division

The 4th Aviation Bomber Division was established by order from August 3, 1945, with headquarters at Sombor. The division was direct under the Command of Yugoslav Air Force. It consisted from 41st and 42nd Bomber Aviation Regiment. In 1947, 43rd Bomber Aviation Regiment, the third regiment attached to this division, was established. By 1948, this division was renamed for conventional purposes to 32nd Aviation Bomber Division (''

: 32. vazduhoplovna bombarderska divizija/ 32. ваздухопловна бомбардерска дивизија''). The commanders of division in this period were Božo Lazarević and Sava Poljanec.

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were Radoje Ljubičić, Drago Vuković and Ljubiša Čerguz.Dimitrijević, Bojan. ''Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942–1992''. Beograd, 2006, p. 354.

32nd Aviation Division

The 32nd Aviation Bomber Division was formed by renaming of 4th Aviation Bomber Division. It has moved from Sombor to Boronogaj and finally to Pleso in 1951 until it was disbanded. In 1950, the division was attached to the 3rd Aviation Corps. It has relocated its headquarters from Zagreb to Cerklje. By 1957, it was renamed as the Aviation Fighter Division due to the replace of bomber aircraft with domestic-made fighters. It was disbanded by the order on June 27, 1959, per the "Drvar" reorganization plan. It was transformed into the

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. The commanders of division in this period were August Canjko, Radoslav Jović, Milan Tojagić and Stanislav Perhavec. Commissars were Ljubiša Čerguz, Ivan Dolničar and Novak Matijašević until 1953.

Assignments

*Command of Yugoslav Air Force (1945–1953) *

3rd Aviation Corps The 3rd Mixed Aviation Corps (''Serbo-Croatian: 3. mešoviti avijacijski korpus / 3. мешовити авијацијски корпус'') was an aviation corps of the Yugoslav Air Forceestablished in 1949 as 3rd Aviation Corps (''Serbo-Croatian: ...

(1949–1959)

Previous designations

*4th Aviation Bomber Division (1945–1948) *32nd Aviation Bomber Division (1948–1957) *32nd Aviation Fighter Division (1957–1959)

Organization

1945-1948

*4th Aviation Bomber Division ** 41st Bomber Aviation Regiment ** 42nd Bomber Aviation Regiment ** 43rd Bomber Aviation Regiment

1948-1959

* 32nd Aviation Bomber Division /Fighter Division ***

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(1953–1959) ** 88th Bomber Aviation Regiment **

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184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment The 184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment ( sh-Latn, 184. izviđački avijacijski puk, 184. извиђачки авијацијски пук) was an aviation regiment established in 1948 as the Night Bomber Aviation Regiment ( sh-Latn, Vazduhopl ...

(1948–1953) ** 40th Fighter Aviation Regiment (1955–1959) **151st Air Base (1953–1959)

Headquarters

* Sombor (1945–1948) *

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(1948–1951) *

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(1951–1959)

Commanding officers

*Major General Božo Lazarević *Colonel Sava Poljanec *Lieutenant-Colonel August Canjko 32nd Bomber Aviation Division
/ref> *Major General Radoslav Jović *Colonel Milan Tojagić *Colonel Stanislav Perhavec

Political commissars

*Colonel Radoje Ljubičić *Colonel Drago Vuković *Colonel Ljubiša Čerguz *Colonel Ivan Dolničar *Colonel Novak Matijašević

References

;Notes and citations ;Bibliography * {{Cite book , last= Dimitrijević, first=Bojan , title=Jugoslovensko ratno vazduhoplovstvo, year=2012, publisher=Institut za savremenu istoriju, isbn= 8674031633, location=Beograd Divisions of Yugoslav Air Force Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1959 Fighter regiments of the Yugoslav Air Force