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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 402 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | 26118 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Krymskaya, Krasnodar Krai -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 29 April 1943, Yak-1 of 402 was shot down in Air Combat near Krymskaya, Krasnodar Krai.
Commander of 402 IAP, Major Vladimir Vasilievich Papkov was killed.
The wreckage of the plane was found in 1952.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/memorial-chelovek_donesenie1168516579/
https://www.bvvaul.ru/profiles/1631.php
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=3420
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymsk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymsk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2022 11:17 | JF | Added |
| 12-Oct-2022 09:34 | JF | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Oct-2022 06:15 | JF | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Sep-2024 18:24 | JF | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
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