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| Date: | Tuesday 16 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell P-39 Airacoba |
| Owner/operator: | 17 IAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Pillkallen area, Ostpreussen (now Dobrovolsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, RU) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 16 January 1945, Airacobra of 17 IAP did not return from a combat mission in the Pillkallen area (Ostpreussen), now Dobrovolsk, Kaliningrad Oblast (RU).
Lt Stepan Savelyevich Artemchenko was taken prisoner (POW).
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/memorial-chelovek_donesenie57292687/
https://www.prussia39.ru/memory/warrior.php?wid=150503
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero93685439/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrowolsk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2025 10:23 | JF | Added |
| 25-Mar-2025 11:48 | JF | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2025 16:42 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Mar-2025 16:55 | JF | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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