ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192765
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 56 GvIAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | 26152 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 km east of Kolki -
 Belarus
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 12 January 1944, Mladshii Leytenant Petr Andreyevich Zherebtsov of 56 GIAP was escorting Il-2s when he was involved in an air battle 6 km east of Kolka, in Gomel area (now called respectively Kolki and Homyel in independent Belarus). His Yak-1 serial 26152 was shot down and he was killed.
Sources:
http://forums.airforce.ru/do-1945/3964-zherebcov-p-56-gviap/
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=74033737
http://www.maplandia.com/belarus/homyel/kolki/_/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2017 08:50 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 02-Jul-2021 08:06 | JF | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities] |
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