The 1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division() was created on March 12, 1950, from 2nd Garrison Brigade of Henan Military District. The division HQ was set in
Wuchang,
Hubei province. The division was then composed of:
*1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationed in
Leizhou Peninsula
The Leizhou Peninsula, alternately romanized as the Luichow Peninsula, is a peninsula in the southernmost part of Guangdong province in South China.
History
Qing naval forces were stationed at the Leizhou Peninsula. During the 19th century ...
, equipped with
Japanese 75-mm AA guns;
*2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationed in
Peking, equipped with
Japanese 75-mm AA guns;
*3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationed in
Changsha and
Guangzhou, equipped with
Japanese 75-mm AA guns;
*9th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, then stationed in
Shenyang
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, equipped with Soviet
85-mm and
37-mm AA guns;
*Radar Battalion.
From March 15 to 25, 1951, the division was utilized to organize the Air Defense Department,
Middle-South Military Region. The division was then disbanded.
References
*防空军回忆史料·大事记, 中国人民解放军历史资料编审委员会, /K·186, p.46-48.
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