Memorial LaGG-3 (Hero of the Soviet Union L.L. Shestakov)

Kopystyn
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

This memorial is standing on the spot where the LaGG-3 fighter plane of the Soviet ace and commander of the 69th Fighter Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union L.L. Shestakov, crashed on 13 March 1944. Shestakov shot down three Ju 87 Junkers dive bombers that day.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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