Accident MiG-21PF ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 351386
 
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Date:Sunday 24 January 1965
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MG21 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-21PF
Owner/operator:MiG
Registration:
MSN: 761206
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lukhovitsy, Moscow Oblast -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Lukhovitsy
Destination airport:Lukhovitsy
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
On 24 January 1965 during a test flight, MiG-21 crashed near Lukhovitsy, Moscow Oblast.
Test pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union (26.10.1944), Ivan Grigorievich Vorobiev was killed.



Sources:

https://testpilot.ru/base/2010/06/vorobyov-i-g/

Revision history:

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