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| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Polikarpov I-16 |
| Owner/operator: | 22 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Khalkhin Gol Area -
 Mongolia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 29 August 1939 during a Combat Mission, I-16 of 22 IAP was shot down in Air Combat with JAAF fighters
at Khalkhin Gol Area.
Squadron Commander, Captain Vladimir Ivanovich Popov was killed.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-nagrada_kartoteka1005011800/
https://www.moypolk.ru/soldier/cherenkov-nikolay-stepanovich
http://allaces.ru/sssr/struct/p/iap22.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2024 10:51 | JF | Added |
| 06-Jan-2024 16:42 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Nov-2024 14:42 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
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