Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb -,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264988
 
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Date:Friday 23 April 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Owner/operator:57 GvIAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Adler Airfield, Krasnodar Krai -   Russia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Adler Airfield (URSS)
Destination airport:Adler Airfield (URSS)
Narrative:
Spitfire of 57 GvIAP crashed during training flight at Adler Airfield (URSS).
Ml/Lt Ivan Gavrilovich Sjachin was killed.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi_International_Airport
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero102390132/
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=52826698

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Jul-2021 18:57 JF Added
02-Jul-2021 19:33 JF Updated [Aircraft type]
02-Jul-2021 19:43 JF Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Oct-2022 16:25 JF Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]

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