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| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell P-39Q-21-BE Airacobra |
| Owner/operator: | 255 IAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet |
| Registration: | 44-3986 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Vayenga-2 Airfield -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vayenga-2 Airfield |
| Vayenga-2 Airfield |
During a training flight, P-39Q-21-BE 44-3986 of 255 IAP fell into a tailspin from a height of 1000 m. The plane crashed NE of Vayenga-2 Airfield.
Ml/Lt Fyodor Dmitrievich Varavikov was killed.
Sources:
https://airheroes.ru/pamyatnie-znaki/murmansk/pamyatnyj-znak-ml
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero107592880/
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76578382
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76786274
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2021 08:52 | JF | Added |
| 28-Feb-2022 21:02 | JF | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2023 10:18 | JF | Updated |
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