ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201644
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| Date: | Thursday 14 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Polikarpov I-153 |
| Owner/operator: | 611 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Abinskaya, Krasnodar Krai -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During a ground attack against enemy reserves in the village of Abinskaya a group of six I-153 of 611 IAP (5 VA) led by squadron commander Starshii Leytenant A. Kuksin met enemy anti-aircraft fire.
At the end of attack the I-153 of Starshii Serzhant N F Evseev was hit in the motor by a shell. Evseev barely glided away from the target area, but was forced to sit on the territory occupied by the enemy. The Germans were allready running to the Soviet aircraft. Seeing this, Lieutenant Kuksin under cover of the other pilots immediately flew to the rescue of his comrade and landed near the stricken aircraft. German soldiers came from all sides but the four still airbone I-153, flying in a circle above Kuksin and Evseev, shot them with machine guns. But the enemy was still approaching. Kuksin ordered the sergeant to go on its left wing and to hold it firm. He then took off and, with Evseev on the wing, he flew more than a hundred kilometers before landing safely at their base.
The commander of 5 VA awarded Leytenant A A Kuksin the first level of the Order of Patriotic Wa, and to Evseev the second level. These were the first awards received by the pilots of 611 IAP.
Sources:
http://allaces.ru/p/episode.php?id=330
http://web.archive.org/web/20040722025312/http://www.traveljournals.net:80/explore/russia/map/p9174935/abinskaya.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2017 15:01 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 04-Nov-2020 09:04 | JF | Updated [Location] |
| 02-Jul-2021 07:29 | JF | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2021 07:29 | JF | Updated [[Operator]] |
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