Accident Bell P-39 Airacobra -, Saturday 30 May 1942
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Date:Saturday 30 May 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell P-39 Airacobra
Owner/operator:19 GvIAP Soviet Air Force
Registration: -
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Shongui Airfield, Murmansk Oblast -   Russia
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Shongui Airfield
Destination airport:Shongui Airfield
Narrative:
Airacobra of 19 GvIAP crashed near Shongui Airfield, Murmansk Oblast.
Squadron Commander Major Alexander Petrovich Zaitsev was killed.

Sources:

https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=37695213
http://airaces.narod.ru/china/zaysev.htm
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=14456

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jun-2020 07:47 JF Added
04-Nov-2020 08:11 JF Updated [Operator]
19-Aug-2021 16:00 JF Updated [Operator]
14-Jan-2022 16:01 JF Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative]
19-May-2022 09:16 JF Updated [Narrative]

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