Accident MiG-3 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248023
 
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Date:Sunday 12 January 1941
Time:12:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic mig3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
MiG-3
Owner/operator:Soviet Air Force
Registration:
MSN: 2122
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Moscow Oblast, 35 km of Tsentralny Aerodrome -   Russia
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Moscow, Tsentralny Aerodrome
Destination airport:Moscow, Tsentralny Aerodrome
Narrative:
MiG-3 crashed during test flight at Moscow Oblast, 35 km of Tsentralny Aerodrome.
Test Pilot Vasily Fedorovich Kuleshov was killed.

Sources:

https://www.bvvaul.ru/profiles/2565.php
https://testpilot.ru/memo/40/kuleshov.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Feb-2021 13:00 JF Added
20-Feb-2021 16:57 JF Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
11-Mar-2021 10:33 JF Updated [Narrative]

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