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| Date: | Saturday 20 February 1943 |
| Time: | 14:15 MSK |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 32 GvIAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 20 February 1943 during a combat mission, Yak-1 of 32 GvIAP was shot down in Air Combat near of Staraya Russa, Novgorod Oblast by Hans Beißwenger from 6./JG 54.
St/Lt Alexander Dmitrievich Aniskin was killed.
He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 22 February 1943.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero105261927/
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=7133
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2021 09:40 | JF | Added |
| 25-Oct-2022 14:42 | JF | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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