Accident Yakovlev Yak-1 -,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269024
 
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Date:Thursday 27 August 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-1
Owner/operator:788 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:over Stalingrad (now Volgograd) -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Yak-1 of 788 IAP was shot down in aerial combat over Stalingrad (now Volgograd). Spanish pilot, Lt José Pascual Santamaria was killed.

Sources:

https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=37622457
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=75017991
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=86853297

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