Accident Yakovlev Yak-1 -,
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Date:Wednesday 26 May 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-1
Owner/operator:42 GvIAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Kiyevskoye, Krasnodar Krai -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 26 May 1943 Yak-1 of 42 GvIAP was shot down in Air Combat with Bf 109 near Kiyevskoye, Krasnodar Krai.
Deputy Commander of 42 GvIAP and Hero of the Soviet Union (06.06.42), Captain Mikhail Mikhailovich Osipov was killed.


Sources:

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Осипов,_Михаил_Михайлович
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero103713431/

Revision history:

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