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| Date: | Saturday 8 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 929 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stalingrad (now Volgograd) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 08 August 1942 during a combat mission, Yak-1 of 929 IAP was shot down in aerial combat near Stalingrad (now Volgograd). Ml/Lt Alexander Ivanovich Meshcheryakov was killed.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volgograd
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=9210857
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=13381
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2021 07:46 | JF | Added |
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