Mid-air collision Accident Sukhoi Su-9 , Friday 7 April 1961
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Date:Friday 7 April 1961
Time:
Type:Sukhoi Su-9
Owner/operator:941 IAP Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Kilpyavr Air Base, Murmansk Oblast -   Russia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kilpyavr Air Base
Destination airport:Kilpyavr Air Base
Narrative:
Two Su-9 crashed following a mid-air collision near Kilpyavr Air Base, Murmansk Oblast

Sources:

http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1155800414/475#475
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilpyavr_(air_base)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jul-2017 13:15 JF Added
04-Mar-2020 12:19 JF Updated [Operator, ]
10-Mar-2020 08:50 DG333 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
11-Mar-2020 15:53 JF Updated [Operator, ]
02-Jul-2021 08:50 JF Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]

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