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| Date: | Thursday 24 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lavochkin La-5 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 GvIAP Soviet Navy - Baltic Fleet |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Narva area, Estonia -
 Estonia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 24 February 1944, La-5 of 3 GvIAP did not return from a combat mission in the Narva area, Estonia.
Ml/Lt Ivan Yakovlevich Zaitsev was missing.
Sources:
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/memorial-chelovek_kartoteka_memorial75793901/
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/memorial-chelovek_donesenie76717043/
https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero106701984/
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=8863
https://ava.org.ru/iap/3gm.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2025 18:07 | JF | Added |
| 24-Apr-2025 18:10 | JF | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Apr-2025 18:12 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Apr-2025 18:15 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
| 25-Apr-2025 14:58 | JF | Updated [Source, ] |
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