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| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1939 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Polikarpov I-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 56 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Khamar-Daba, Khalkhin Gol Area -
 Mongolia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 25 July 1939 during a Combat Mission, I-16 of 56 IAP was shot down in Air Combat with JAAF fighters near Khamar-Daba, Khalkhin Gol Area.
Lt Alexander Fyodorovich Matveev was killed.
Sources:
https://www.moypolk.ru/soldier/cherenkov-nikolay-stepanovich
https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/mongolia_hamardaba.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2023 19:06 | JF | Added |
| 09-Dec-2023 19:00 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
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