ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278166
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| Date: | 24-FEB-2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  MiG-29 |
| Owner/operator: | Ukraine Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Volodymyrivka village, Vyshhorod district, Kyiv region -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
On 24 February 2022, a Ukrainian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 fighter aircraft was shot down during air battle and crashed near Volodymyrivka, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast. The pilot pidpolkovnyk Vyacheslav Yerko, of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, was killed.
The loss was officially confirmed by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/1986_ivankiv/status/1636279622349344771
https://www.unian.ua/war/zaginuv-u-boyu-v-ukrajini-poproshchalisya-z-horobrim-pilotom-foto-novini-vtorgnennya-rosiji-v-ukrajinu-11779422.html
https://www.44.ua/news/3367987/proveli-v-ostannij-polit-pid-kievom-v-povitranomu-bou-geroicno-zaginuv-lotcik-vaceslav-erko
https://www.facebook.com/Vbtaps/posts/1419947971778725
https://www.facebook.com/Nataliia.Balasynovych/posts/374454274691628
https://news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/vojna-v-ukraine/u-polon-zsu-potrapili-studenti-iz-dnr-voni-zustrilisya-z-kolishnim-vyaznem-izolyatsii-video.htm
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Si9SnvEXJ5j3KTYRqdd9PxURRrP1hG5zfjj7L8p4PXZ3VvqZwaUbiyRw9BLxZZyNl&id=105014091900208
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2022 05:41 | Drone Insider | Added |
| 22-Aug-2022 05:49 | Drone Insider | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Feb-2023 07:20 | AlxSrgv | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2023 19:31 | AlxSrgv | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2023 12:17 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Source] |
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