Accident Bell P-39Q-10 Airacobra -,
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Date:Wednesday 12 April 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell P-39Q-10 Airacobra
Owner/operator:2 GvIAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet
Registration: -
MSN: 42-20573
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Luostari Pechenga Airfield (now Murmansk Oblast, RU) -   Finland
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 12 April 1944 during a Combat Mission, Airacobra of 2 GvIAP was shot down in Air Combat near Luostari Pechenga Airfield, (now Murmansk Oblast, RU).
Ml/Lt Evgeny Pavlovich Kachevsky was killed.



Sources:

https://airheroes.ru/pamyatnie-znaki/murmansk/kachevskij-evgenij-pavlovich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luostari/Pechenga_(air_base)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luostari_(inhabited_locality)
TsVMA, f.12, op.3, d.456

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Sep-2022 06:20 JF Added
05-Oct-2022 06:34 rrau Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Country, Source]
07-Aug-2023 15:05 JF Updated [[Aircraft type, Cn, Country, Source]]

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