ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277890
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Date: | Wednesday 23 March 2022 |
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Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 |
Owner/operator: | Ukrainian Air Force |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Trigorye, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast -
Ukraine
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:On 23 March 2022, a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet was shot down during an air battle with aircraft of the Russian Air Force in a forested area to the East of the village of Trigorye, Zhytomyr Oblast. The pilot, Major Dmitry Chumachenko of the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade was killed. The death of the pilot was officially confirmed by Igor Polishchuk, the mayor of Lutsk. After the crash, according to a statement by Ukrainian Police, various aircraft parts as well as pilot equipment and personal items were looted by locals from the neighbouring town of Denyshi.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/ihor.polishchuk/posts/5138120949586868 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=159882353080048&id=105014091900208 https://suspilne.media/221698-stalo-vidomo-pro-zagibel-dvoh-aviatoriv-aki-sluzili-u-lucku/ https://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/2022-04-03/5701315-molodiy-ukrainskiy-lotchik-zaginuv-vryatuvavshi-sotni-zhittiv-istoriya-spravzhnogo-geroya-foto https://lostarmour.info/new/imagex/id33269-06.jpg Location
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-May-2022 05:13 |
Drone Insider |
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08-May-2022 16:57 |
Drone Insider |
Updated [Source, Damage] |
21-Aug-2022 17:09 |
Drone Insider |
Updated [Embed code] |
17-Dec-2023 09:19 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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