ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278591
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| Date: | Saturday 24 April 1943 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Bell P-39 Airacobra |
| Owner/operator: | 16 GvIAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Abinskaya, Krasnodar Krai -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Popovicheskaya Airfield |
| Popovicheskaya Airfield |
On 24 April 1943 Airacobra of 16 GvIAP not return from a Combat Mission near Abinskaya, Krasnodar Krai.
The wreck was found in 2016.
Ml/Lt Vasily Polikarpovich Ostrovsky is still missing.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero93242483/
https://forum.ww2.ru/index.php?showtopic=4654599
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=19480
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2022 08:04 | JF | Added |
| 01-Jun-2022 23:09 | JF | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2022 09:25 | JF | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2023 09:43 | JF | Updated [[Time, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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