715th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron explained

Unit Name:715th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
Croatian: 715. samostalna izviđačka avijacijska eskadrila
Dates:December, 1949 – February, 1952
Branch:Yugoslav Air Force
Type:Squadron
Role:Reconnaissance
Command Structure:37th Aviation Division
Garrison:Pleso
Disbanded:February, 1952

The 715th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron (Serbo-Croatian: Croatian: 715. samostalna izviđačka eskadrila / 715. самостална извиђачка ескадрила) was an aviation squadron of Yugoslav Air Force formed in December, 1949 by order from July 24, same year at Pleso airfield.

Squadron was part of 37th Aviation Division. By war timetable it supposed to be part of 103rd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment. It was equipped with Soviet-made Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber aircraft.

By February, 1952 squadron was disbanded and with 184th Light Night Bomber Aviation Regiment it has formed 184th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.[1]

Equipment

References

  1. Dimitrijević, Bojan. Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo 1942-1992. Beograd, 2006, p. 364.