ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278166
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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29MU1 |
| Owner/operator: | Ukrainian Air Force |
| Registration: | 05 White |
| MSN: | 2960731227 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Volodymyrivka, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | UKKW |
On 24 February 2022, a Ukrainian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 fighter aircraft was shot down during air battle and crashed near Volodymyrivka, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast. The pilot pidpolkovnyk Vyacheslav Yerko, of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, was killed.
The loss was officially confirmed by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/1986_ivankiv/status/1636279622349344771
https://www.unian.ua/war/zaginuv-u-boyu-v-ukrajini-poproshchalisya-z-horobrim-pilotom-foto-novini-vtorgnennya-rosiji-v-ukrajinu-11779422.html
https://www.44.ua/news/3367987/proveli-v-ostannij-polit-pid-kievom-v-povitranomu-bou-geroicno-zaginuv-lotcik-vaceslav-erko
https://www.facebook.com/Vbtaps/posts/1419947971778725
https://www.facebook.com/Nataliia.Balasynovych/posts/374454274691628
https://news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/vojna-v-ukraine/u-polon-zsu-potrapili-studenti-iz-dnr-voni-zustrilisya-z-kolishnim-vyaznem-izolyatsii-video.htm
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Si9SnvEXJ5j3KTYRqdd9PxURRrP1hG5zfjj7L8p4PXZ3VvqZwaUbiyRw9BLxZZyNl&id=105014091900208
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/ua#results
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2022 05:41 | Drone Insider | Added |
| 22-Aug-2022 05:49 | Drone Insider | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-May-2023 12:17 | Anon. | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 09-Sep-2023 12:47 | Anon. | Updated [[[Operator]]] |
| 16-Dec-2023 08:32 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Dec-2023 08:07 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
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