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| Date: | Sunday 12 January 1941 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: |  MiG-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 2122 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moscow Oblast, 35 km of Tsentralny Aerodrome -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Moscow, Tsentralny Aerodrome |
| Moscow, Tsentralny Aerodrome |
MiG-3 crashed during test flight at Moscow Oblast, 35 km of Tsentralny Aerodrome.
Test Pilot Vasily Fedorovich Kuleshov was killed.
Sources:
https://www.bvvaul.ru/profiles/2565.php
https://testpilot.ru/memo/40/kuleshov.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2021 13:00 | JF | Added |
| 20-Feb-2021 16:57 | JF | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 11-Mar-2021 10:33 | JF | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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