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| Date: | Sunday 11 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 172 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Borodino, Mozhayskiy Rayon, Moscow Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 11 January 1942 Leyteinant Vitaly Vasilevich Silantyev of 172 IAP was killed in an air battle in Borodino area. According to Soviet sources he was killed when his LaGG-3 rammed an enemy bomber in a taran attack. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Red Banner and the bomber was awarded to him as his first and only victory.
There is no German bomber lost or damaged this day in German loss lists.
Sources:
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=00000001771
http://aeroram.narod.ru/win/s/silantev_vv.htm
http://www.airwar.ru/history/av2ww/axis/luftloss/luftloss11-20-02-42.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borodino_(village),_Mozhaysky_District,_Moscow_Oblast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_at_Borodino_Field
http://www.maplandia.com/russia/moscovskaya-oblast/mozhayskiy-rayon/borodino-55-31-42-n-35-48-48-e/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2017 09:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 02-Jul-2021 07:23 | JF | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
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