ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269490
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 291 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 20 April 1943 Yak-1 of 291 IAP was shot down in Air Combat near Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai.
Commander of 291 IAP, Major Vasily Semenovich Simonov was killed.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero109167788/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novorossiysk
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=3695
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2021 08:10 | JF | Added |
| 04-Oct-2022 07:43 | JF | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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