On the next day, the corps left Saratov for new bases near Moscow in the vicinity of the Lyubertsy airfield.

[6] In December, it participated in airborne operations to disrupt German troops around Moscow.

[7] Between 16-17 February 1942, the 204th Airborne Brigade's 4th Battalion was airdropped in the Rzhev operation.

[8][9] During the Demyansk fighting, the corps was sent behind German lines in an unsuccessful operation to capture airfields supplying the Demyansk Pocket, but suffered heavy losses with only 900 out of 8,500 men in the corps returning to Soviet lines.

[10] In August, the corps was converted into the 37th Guards Rifle Division and fought at Stalingrad.