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| Date: | Tuesday 22 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-7 |
| Owner/operator: | 434 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kotluban, 40 km NW of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 22 September 1942 during a Combat Mission, two Yak-7 of 434 IAP collided in mid-air near Kotluban, 40 km NW of Stalingrad (now Volgograd). Both aircraft crashed.
Lt Vasily Alexandrovich Abrosimov was killed.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero46653475/
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=35996159
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotluban
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2021 21:00 | JF | Added |
| 03-May-2023 05:37 | JF | Updated |
| 27-Jun-2023 08:45 | JF | Updated |
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