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The fate of the pilot of the Il-2 attack aircraft from the 671 SHAP 212 SHAD
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The fate of the pilot of the Il-2 attack aircraft from the 671 SHAP 212 SHAD

The fate of the pilot of the Il-2 attack aircraft from the 671 SHAP 212 SHAD, shot down in the Smolensk region, has been established

On June 1, 2019, the search engines of the ANO SIC SI conducted a search exploration at the crash site of the Il-2 aircraft. North of the village. Karmanovo, Gagarinsky district, Smolensk Region, the crash site of the Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft was examined. The search for identification numbers was complicated by the fact that no large debris was found at the crash site. Only the fourth departure, accompanied by a detailed study of all the small fragments, led to the result – the discovery of the factory number of the aircraft. The found number of IL-2 No. 0608, produced at the aircraft factory No. 381 in Nizhny Tagil, was duplicated several times both on the doors of the bomb racks and on the skin.

Many years of archival work with the materials of aviation formations and units of the 1st and 3rd Air Armies allowed us to efficiently determine the fate of the aircraft and its pilot. Navigator of the 671st SHAP 212 SHAD st. lieutenant Alexey Stepanovich BORISOGLEBSKY, as part of six Il-2s, took off on August 6, 1942, to attack enemy echelons in the area of the Osuga railway station. After the anti-aircraft fire, 12 enemy fighters attacked the aircraft. The pilot Borisoglebsky, despite his injuries, was able to pull the damaged car to his territory and return to the unit a few days later. Probably, his attack aircraft had severe damage that the plane was not evacuated to the repair authorities.

Alexey Stepanovich Borisoglebsky will fight for another month, will be awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Battle, and on September 9, 1942, he will go on his last flight, from which he will not return.

The collected materials will complement the data bank of the “Homeland sky” Project, which accumulates information on the found places of aircraft crashes and the fate of pilots.