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| Date: | Monday 22 May 1939 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: |  Polikarpov I-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 70 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Khalkhin Gol -
 Mongolia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
I-16 of 70 IAP was shot down by JAAF Ki-27 fighters during a border patrol flight over the Khalkhin Gol River.
Lt Ivan Timofeevich Lysenko was killed.
Sources:
https://www.moypolk.ru/soldier/cherenkov-nikolay-stepanovich
Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-153 Aces / Mikhail Maslov
http://allaces.ru/sssr/struct/p/iap70.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Oct-2011 12:23 | harro | Added |
| 01-Sep-2016 18:57 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2023 06:38 | JF | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2024 07:56 | JF | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, ] |
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