Accident Bell P-39 Airacobra -,
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Date:Friday 9 March 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Owner/operator:17 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Jesau Airfield, Ostpreussen (now Jushni Airfield, RU) -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
P-39 of 17 IAP was shot down by Flak NW Jesau Airfield, Ospreussen (now Jushni Airfield, Kaliningrad Oblast).
Ml/Lt Nikolai Romanovich Kushtym was killed.


Sources:

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/kld-card_uchet_officer24803/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Feb-2022 08:26 JF Added
21-Feb-2022 08:58 JF Updated [Location, Narrative]
25-Feb-2022 11:11 JF Updated [Location]
02-Jul-2022 08:34 Ron Averes Updated [Location, Country]

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