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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21SM |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ain Sukhna, Suez Governorate -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by an Israeli Dassault Mirage IIICJ. Soviet pilot pilot ejected safely. 4 MiG-21 were shot down during this ambush.
Sources:
http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_264.shtml
http://skywar.ru/rvi.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2013 05:16 | krasatpi | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
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