Accident Yakovlev Yak-7 -,
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Date:Friday 26 February 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic yak7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Yakovlev Yak-7
Owner/operator:12 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Nizhnaya Shaldikha, Leningrad Oblast -   Russia
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 26 February 1943 Yak-7B of 1 GIAP was shot down in Air Combat with Bf 109 during an Escort mission for
Il-2s near Nizhnaya Shaldikha, Leningrad Oblast.
Ml/Lt Nikolai Ilyich Toropov was killed.


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https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero32461745/

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