ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302654
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| Date: | Monday 19 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell P-39N Airacobra |
| Owner/operator: | 2./2 GvIAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet |
| Registration: | 42‐8784 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vayenga-2 Airfield, Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 19 April 1943 during a Combat Mission, P-39N of 2./2 GvIAP was shot down in Air Combat near Vayenga-2 Airfield, Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast.
Sergeant Valentin Leontievich Yudin bailed out, but was killed.
The town of Vayenga is now called Severomorsk.
Sources:
https://airheroes.ru/pamyatnie-znaki/murmansk/mesto-gibeli-starshego-serzhanta-yudina-v-l
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severomorsk
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