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Date: | Monday 22 May 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell P-39 Airacobra |
Owner/operator: | 438 IAP Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | - |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Buimăceni airfield -
Romania
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:On 22 May 1944 during a Combat mission, Airacobra of 438 IAP was shot down by german fighters near Buimăceni airfield.
Lt Yuri Alexandrovich Popov was killed.
Sources:
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=2435 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jun-2024 18:25 |
JF |
Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
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