Accident Yakovlev Yak-1 -,
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Date:Saturday 20 February 1943
Time:14:15 MSK
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-1
Owner/operator:32 GvIAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 20 February 1943 during a combat mission, Yak-1 of 32 GvIAP was shot down in Air Combat near of Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast by Hans Beißwenger from 6./JG 54.
St/Lt Alexander Dmitrievich Aniskin was killed.
He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 22 February 1943.




Sources:

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero105261927/
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=7133

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Dec-2021 09:40 JF Added
25-Oct-2022 14:42 JF Updated [Source, Narrative]

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