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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 402 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| 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 27 April 1943 Yak-1 of 402 was shot down in Air Combat near Krymskaya (now Krymsk), Krasnodar Krai.
Squadron Commander Lt Vasily Moiseevich Arkusha was killed.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero91831446/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymsk
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymsk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2022 17:37 | JF | Added |
| 13-Oct-2022 05:54 | JF | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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