Accident Yakovlev Yak-7 3726,
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Date:Monday 19 April 1943
Time:17:43 MSK
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-7
Owner/operator:274 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: 3726
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 km NW of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 19 April 1943 Yak-7B of 274 IAP was shot down by Bf 109 of JG 52 5 km NW of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai.
Commander of 274 IAP, Major Mikhail Ivanovich Milyutin was killed.
The wreckage of the plane was found in April 2006.

Sources:

https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=3000411
https://forum.ww2.ru/index.php?showtopic=177131

Revision history:

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