ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268493
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lavochkin La-5 |
| Owner/operator: | 4 GvIAP Soviet Navy - Baltic Fleet |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Seskar Island, Leningrad Oblast, Baltic Sea -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
La-5 of 4 GvIAP was shot down in aerial combat near Seskar Island, Leningrad Oblast and crashed into Baltic Sea. Squadron Commander and Hero of the Soviet Union (14.06.42), Captain Mikhail Yakovlevich Vasiliev was killed.
Sources:
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Васильев,_Михаил_Яковлевич_(Герой_Советского_Союза)
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=8666
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seskar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2021 16:03 | JF | Added |
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