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| Date: | Wednesday 23 March 2022 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 |
| Owner/operator: | 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Ukrainian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Trigorye, Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 23 March 2022, a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet was shot down during an air battle with aircraft of the Russian Air Force in a forested area to the East of the village of Trigorye, Zhytomyr Oblast. The pilot, Major Dmitry Chumachenko of the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade was killed. The death of the pilot was officially confirmed by Igor Polishchuk, the mayor of Lutsk. After the crash, according to a statement by Ukrainian Police, various aircraft parts as well as pilot equipment and personal items (including the pilots PM pistol) were looted by locals from the neighbouring town of Denyshi.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/ihor.polishchuk/posts/5138120949586868
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=159882353080048&id=105014091900208
https://suspilne.media/221698-stalo-vidomo-pro-zagibel-dvoh-aviatoriv-aki-sluzili-u-lucku/
https://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/2022-04-03/5701315-molodiy-ukrainskiy-lotchik-zaginuv-vryatuvavshi-sotni-zhittiv-istoriya-spravzhnogo-geroya-foto
https://lostarmour.info/new/imagex/id33269-06.jpg
https://verdictum.ligazakon.net/document/113452479
https://verdictum.ligazakon.net/document/104300462
https://verdictum.ligazakon.net/document/104062569
https://npu.gov.ua/news/vnutrishnya-bezpeka-natspolitsii-viyna-i-maynovi-zlochintsi
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce3XHoerZOC/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbj-PzzIZl7/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C41fTckIbZy/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2022 05:13 | Drone Insider | Added |
| 08-May-2022 16:57 | Drone Insider | Updated [Source, Damage, ] |
| 21-Aug-2022 17:09 | Drone Insider | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Dec-2023 09:19 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 07-Jun-2024 08:45 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 07-Jun-2024 13:21 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 14-Jun-2024 12:23 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2024 12:53 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Oct-2025 13:49 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
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