Accident Yakovlev Yak-1 -,
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Date:Sunday 17 May 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-1
Owner/operator:6 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Kharkiv area -   Ukraine
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Yak-1 of 6 IAP failed to return from combat mission Kharkiv area. Squadron Commander, St/Lt Vasily Andreevich Kapustin was missing.

Sources:

https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=51114506
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=37478120
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=7999

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Feb-2021 11:12 JF Added
09-Nov-2021 09:17 JF Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Narrative]

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