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| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 402 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Fedotovka, Krasnodar Krai -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 20 April 1943 Yak-1 of 402 was shot down in Air Combat near Fedotovka, Krasnodar Krai.
Ml/Lt Vasily Ivanovich Pustoshkin was killed.
Crash site was discovered in 2020.
Sources:
https://novorab.ru/2021/05/01/pod-novorossijskom-otkryli-pamyatnyj-znak-letchiku-chi-ostanki-vmeste-s-detalyami-samoleta-byli-najdeny-poiskovikami/
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=3000391
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero93835341/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2021 09:52 | JF | Added |
| 04-Oct-2022 07:51 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
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