97 AIR BOMBARDMENT REGIMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004400750008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT 97 Air Bombardment Regiment
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1. The 97 Air Bombardment Regiment elongs to the 37 Air Division
whose headquarters are in Sombor. This division also includes the 98
and 99 Air Bombardment Regiments. When the 97 Air Bombardment Regiment
was temporarily assigned for training to the airfield at Zemunik (east
of Zadar), the 98 Bombardment Regiment replaced it at the Velika Qorica
airfield.
2. The 97 Bombardment Regiment has 28 Soviet-type PE-2 aircraft which can
also be used for dive bombing. The specifications of the aircraft are
as follows:
Capacity: 600-.1,200 kilograms bomb load; 1,,500 liters of gasoline
(with auxiliary tanks, 2,000 liters of gasoline).
Armament: 3 Soviet-type "Berezin" 12 mm heavy machine guns and
2 "Shkas"type 7.62 am machine guns.
Speed : 380-400 kilometers per hour with load, and 560 kilometers
per hour without load.
Crew : Pilot, mechanic and observer.
3. There is a total of 400 persons including officers in the regiment.
There are 36-38 pilots, 314 gunners and 36 navigators, all of whom hold
officer ranks from ensign bearer to captain. The majority have graduated
from aviation schools in the Soviet Union. Among them are seven senior
Yugoslav pilots who are commanders of training squadrons.
4. Officers of 97 Bombardment. Regiment:
Commander of the Regiment: Second Lieutenant (sic) Milan Polak. Trained
in the Soviet Union.
Deputy Coimnander of the Regiment: Second Lieutenant (sic) Dubrovec.
Political Commissar: Major Emil Dabo.
Chief of Staff : Major Mi hailo Mladennovic. f
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Adjutant: Ensign bearer Plavaic.
Technical Engineer: First Lieutenant Buljduja (sic).
Commander of 1 Squadron:
Ccinmarxler of 2 Squadron:
Commander of 3 Squadron:
Engineer of the Regiment:
Engineer of 1 Squadron:
Engineer of 2 Squadron:
Engineer of 3 Squadron:
Second Lieutenant Davidovic.
Second Lieutenant Stanko Makovec.
First Lieutenant Mehmed Lasic.
Second Lieutenant Dervis.
First Lieutenant Avguat Cobela.
Second Lieutenant Muatafa Bajo.
Second Lieutenant Stojkovic.
Armament Engineer: First Lieutenant Mate Oolub.
Chief of the Political Section of Regiment: Captain Brkic.
SKOJ Representative: Second Lieutenant Srlico
Military and Civil Legal Officer: Captain Silvi_ia Viahovice The
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