ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139495
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 May 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Polikarpov I-16 Type 06 |
| Owner/operator: | Spanish Republican Aviation |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alicante Airfield -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Archena Airfield |
| Alicante Airfield | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
1.Squadron Commander, St/Lt Konstantin Ilyich Kolesnikov was killed when the wings of his I-16 folded up in mid-air. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 04 July 1937.
2.A new batch of 62 I-16s Typ 06 had arrived from the USSR and severe structural wing weaknesses had been identifyied. At least, four more Soviet pilots were reported killed before this issue was solved in the field
Sources:
Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 95 2010
Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-153 Aces /
Mikhail Maslov Pag 29
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/memorial-chelovek_zahoronenie269085539/
https://www.bvvaul.ru/profiles/676.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2011 12:18 | harro | Added |
| 17-Nov-2016 19:28 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Embed code] |
| 01-Jan-2022 12:50 | volman | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2022 12:50 | volman | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2023 09:41 | JF | Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]] |
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