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| Date: | Monday 7 March 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-11 |
| Owner/operator: | 622 ShAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Jelgava Airfield -
 Latvia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jelgava Airfield (EVEA) |
| Jelgava Airfield (EVEA) |
Yak-11 crashed into ground during aerobatics at Jelgava Airfield. Hero of the Soviet Union (18.08.45), Lt Col Nikolay Alexandrovich Yukhotnikov and his mechanic was killed.
Sources:
https://yarwiki.ru/article/569/yuhotnikov-nikolaj-aleksandrovich
https://www.mil-airfields.de/lv-latvia/jelgava-airfield.htm
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=23425785
https://ok.ru/vov1945/topic/69805004431375
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2020 09:13 | JF | Added |
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