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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden |
| Owner/operator: | 1./24 MTAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tanafjord -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vayenga-1 Airfield |
| Vayenga-1 Airfield |
Hampden of 1./24 MTAP was shot down in aerial combat over Tanafjord, Norway.
Crew (all killed):
Starshina Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin (pilot)
Starshina Nikolai Gerasimovich Rolenko (navigator)
Sergeant Alexander Alekseevich Mironov (radio operator, gunner)
Sergeant Pavel Anatolievich Meksin (gunner)
Sources:
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521743
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521744
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521745
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521746
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanafjord
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2021 16:08 | JF | Added |
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