Accident Bell P-39 Airacobra -,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302613
 
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Date:Friday 30 November 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Owner/operator:66 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bydgoszcz Airfield -   Poland
Phase: Take off
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Bydgoszcz Air Base (EPBY)
Destination airport:Bydgoszcz Air Base (EPBY)
Narrative:
During a routine training flight from Bydgoszcz Airfield, P-39 of 66 IAP crashed shortly after take-off due to an engine fire.
Squadron Commander, Captain Ivan Ilyich Zasypkin was killed.



Sources:

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero74746921/
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=11725

Revision history:

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