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| Date: | Friday 19 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American B-25 Mitchell |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bierun, southern Poland -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Soviet military bomber plane was shot down by German armed forces. Four crew members died in the crash. One crew member survived and became POW.
The wreckage of the plane was excavated in the year 2020.
Sources:
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/archaeologists-discover-ww2-plane-wreck-and-human-remains-in-poland-20200125-p53uos.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-ww2-plane/in-southern-poland-archaeologists-discover-ww2-plane-wreck-idUSKBN1ZN1QF
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2020 09:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Jan-2020 11:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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