Accident Bell P-39 Airacobra -,
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Date:Friday 6 April 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Owner/operator:72 GvIAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Seerappen, Ostpreussen (now Lyublino, RU) -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 06 April 1945 P-39 of 72 GvIAP did not return from a combat mission at Seerappen area, Ostpreussen (now Lyublino, Kaliningrad Oblast).
Squadron Commander, Captain Ivan Vasilievich Zherdev was missing.


Sources:

https://www.prussia39.ru/memory/warrior.php?wid=122080

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-May-2022 08:45 JF Added
31-May-2022 09:00 JF Updated [Location, Narrative]
02-Jul-2022 08:29 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Country]

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