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| Date: | Friday 9 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 180 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Migalovo Airfield, Tver Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Migalovo Airfield (UUEM) |
| Migalovo Airfield (UUEM) |
On 9 January 1942 Serzhant Evgeny Mihaylovich Besov of 180 IAP attempted to take off from Migalovo airfield, in Kalinin area, despite the fact that it was covered by fog but he lost spatial orientation and was killed when his LaGG-3 crashed.
Sources:
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=00000001730
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migalovo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migalovo_(air_base)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2017 13:46 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 23-Sep-2020 15:30 | JF | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 20-May-2022 07:43 | JF | Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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