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| Date: | Sunday 11 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Beriev MBR-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 118 MRAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet |
| Registration: | 163188 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zapadnaya Litsa, Murmansk Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 11 January 1942, the MBR-2 N° 163188 of 118 MRAP of the Aviation of the Soviet Northern Fleet was shot down by Flak and crashed near Zapadnaya Litsa, close to the position called K3 by the Germans, the hill 314.9. The crew bailed out. The gunner, Serzhant Anatoly Ivanovich Meev, was killed, while the other crew landed on the Soviet side of the frontline. Meev was buried in 2009 in the cemetery of the memorial "Valley of Glory."
Sources:
http://sk16.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1089
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadnaya_Litsa_(naval_base)
https://airheroes.ru/pamyatnie-znaki/murmansk/ekipazh-mladshego-lejtenanta-galdina
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero108897476/
http://allaces.ru/sssr/struct/p/rap118.php
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2017 09:32 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 24-Dec-2020 00:04 | JF | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Aug-2023 17:37 | JF | Updated |
| 08-Dec-2023 16:16 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
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