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| Date: | Sunday 1 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 73 GvIAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dimitrovka, Donetsk Oblast -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Yak-1 of 73 GvIAP was shot down in aerial combat near Dimitrovka, Donetsk Oblast.
The female pilot Ml/Lt Lidia Vladimirovna Litvyak was killed.
She was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 05 May 1990.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=bFbUVQNeSwoC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=plane+downed+ukraine+ww2&source=bl&ots=1DhnNGCv5f&sig=86ZrmMpZjVWdSfRzCeXENP6ugeE&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=Xh8sVdW5Fs_iaN2EgqAB&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBDiCAQ#v=onepage&q=plane%20downed%20ukraine%20ww2&f=false
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD)
https://memory-book.ua/gallery/albums/22771?image=24758
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=19777
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2015 20:07 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Dec-2021 09:01 | JF | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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