ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279665
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40E |
| Owner/operator: | 20 GvIAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | 339 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast - -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Murmashi Airfield |
| Murmashi Airfield |
On 08 April 1942during a Combat Mission, P-40 of 20 GvIAP (ex 147 IAP) was shot down in Air Combat at Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast.
Deputy Commander of 20 GvIAP, Captain Alexey Pavlovich Pozdnyakov was killed.
He was posthumous awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 06 June 1942.
Sources:
https://airheroes.ru/pamyatnie-znaki/murmansk/pozdnyakov-aleksej-pavlovich
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero102832954/
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=14381
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jun-2022 05:59 | JF | Added |
| 23-Jan-2024 07:08 | JF | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jan-2024 16:54 | JF | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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