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| Date: | Friday 6 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell P-39 Airacobra |
| Owner/operator: | 72 GvIAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Seerappen, Ostpreussen (now Lyublino, RU) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 06 April 1945 P-39 of 72 GvIAP did not return from a combat mission at Seerappen area, Ostpreussen (now Lyublino, Kaliningrad Oblast).
Squadron Commander, Captain Ivan Vasilievich Zherdev was missing in action (MIA).
Sources:
https://www.prussia39.ru/memory/warrior.php?wid=122080
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero101843171/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2022 08:45 | JF | Added |
| 31-May-2022 09:00 | JF | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jul-2022 08:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 28-Jun-2024 13:53 | JF | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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