Accident Polikarpov Po-2 -,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 315150
 
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Date:Friday 26 June 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PO2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Polikarpov Po-2
Owner/operator:660 NBAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:near Malaya Vishera, Novgorod Oblast -   Russia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On 26 June 1942 Po-2 of 660 NBAP failed to return from a Combat mission near Malaya Vishera, Novgorod Oblast.
Squadron Commander, Captain Gennady Alekseevich Silaev (pilot), and Starshina Grigory Efimovich Lazarev were missing.
The pilot’s remains were found in April 2008.

Sources:

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero102444876/
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero35580620/
http://krasnaya-zvezda.ucoz.com/photo/silaev_gennadij_alekseevich/11

Revision history:

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