ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91524
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 January 1943 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: | Polikarpov I-153 |
| Owner/operator: | 71 IAP Soviet Navy - Baltic Fleet |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dubrovka -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Between 1602 and 1631 hrs (Soviet time) four I-153 and two I-16 from 71 IAP-KBF covered Il-2 ground attack aircraft on the Neva front. In air combat with three Bf-109 at an altitude of 1400 m the I- 153 of Leytenant Ivan Josefich Makeyev was shot down and he was killed.
He was probably shot down by Fw Otto Kittel of 2./JG 54 who claimed the only victory of the day against an I-153, at 1420 hrs (German time) near Dubrovka (Pl.Qu. 36 Ost/00264). It was his 26th victory, and the 5th of the day.
Sources:
http://allaces.ru/p/episode.php?id=972
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=9022
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/kittel.html
https://www.mapquest.com/?utm_source=classic&utm_campaign=winston_sunset&utm_medium=urltrans_unsupported
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2017 06:53 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2021 07:47 | JF | Updated [Operator] |
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