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| Date: | Thursday 27 October 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Lavochkin La-15 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Akhtubinsk Air Base, Astrakhan Oblast -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Akhtubinsk Air Base (URWH) |
| Akhtubinsk Air Base (URWH) |
During a Test Flight, La-15 went into a tailspin and crashed near Akhtubinsk Air Base, Astrakhan Oblast.
Test Pilot Captain Grinfeld was killed.
Sources:
https://testpilot.ru/base/2012/02/grinfeld-e-s/
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