ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268472
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| Date: | Sunday 11 February 1945 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: | Petlyakov Pe-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Breslau (now Wrocław) -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Pe-2 shot down by Flak over Breslau (now Wrocław). Commander of 6th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (23.11.42 and 06.04.45), General Major Ivan Semyonovich Polbin (pilot) and Lt Col M.K. Zarukin (navigator) was killed. Starshina V. S. Orlov (radio operator, gunner) bailed out.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Polbin
http://allaces.ru/p/episode.php?id=647
http://airaces.narod.ru/all7/polbin.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2021 09:49 | JF | Added |
| 10-Nov-2021 11:04 | JF | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 03-Dec-2023 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2023 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Damage, Operator] |
| 03-Dec-2023 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source, Operator] |
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