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| Date: | Wednesday 29 August 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis |
| Owner/operator: | Syrian Air Force |
| Registration: | 2271 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nearAbu ad Duhur Air Base, Idlib Province -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Abu ad Duhur Air Base |
| Abu ad Duhur Air Base |
The aircraft was to crush the rebels firing points, that fired airfield, but was struck by heavy machine gun fire during take-off, when he was at low altitude. Pilot ejected and was then shot dead by militants during the descent by parachute.
Sources:
https://lenta.ru/news/2012/08/30/jet/
http://en.ria.ru/world/20120830/175518112.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20151128052806/http://english.alarabiya.net:80/articles/2012/08/30/235117.html
http://skywar.ru/syrianrevolt.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2012 05:35 | Hans Gruber | Added |
| 31-Aug-2012 01:12 | flogger2 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2013 15:34 | krasatpi | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, ] |
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