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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Ilyushin Il-2 |
| Owner/operator: | 872 ShAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | over Pärnu Airfield -
 Estonia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pärnu Airfield (EEPU) |
| Pärnu Airfield (EEPU) |
Mid-air collision between two IL-2 of 872 ShAP over Pärnu Airfield. Both aircraft crashed. Ml/Lt Ivan Alekseevich Shkurny (pilot) and Ml/Lt Lev Evgenievich Uspensky was killed.
Sources:
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=57320036
https://www.bvvaul.ru/profiles/4834.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pärnu
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Dec-2020 10:05 | JF | Added |
| 11-Dec-2020 23:58 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
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