Accident Yakovlev Yak-7 -,
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Date:Tuesday 20 April 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-7
Owner/operator:15 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Novorossiysk Bay, Krasnodar Krai -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 20 April 1942, during a Combat Mission Yak-7 of 15 IAP was shot down in Air Combat over Novorossiysk Bay, Krasnodar Krai.
Squadron Commander, Captain Vasily Kuzmich Stepanov was killed.



Sources:

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero101585367/
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=3619

Revision history:

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