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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 1939 |
| Time: | |
| 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: | Khalkhin Gol Area -
Mongolia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 31 August 1939 during a Combat Mission, I-16 of 56 IAP was shot down in Air Combat with JAAF fighters
at Khalkhin Gol Area.
Squadron Commander, St/Lt Vladimir Vasilievich Golubev was killed.
Sources:
https://www.moypolk.ru/soldier/cherenkov-nikolay-stepanovich Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 09-Jan-2024 18:48 |
JF |
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