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Nikolai Pavlovich Blagin

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Nikolai Pavlovich Blagin

Birth
Death
18 May 1935 (aged 35)
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia
Burial
Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia Add to Map
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Pilot TsAGI (Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute)

Pilot of the escort airplane which collided with the "Maxim Gorky".

"Maxim Gorky" was the name of the first of two Tupolev ANT-20 aircraft built by the Soviet Union, the largest airplane built in the 1930s. On May 18, 1935, the "Maxim Gorky" was on a demonstration flight over Moscow. During the flight one of three escort planes collided with the "Maxim Gorky" causing both planes to crash, killing all on board the two aircraft.
Pilot TsAGI (Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute)

Pilot of the escort airplane which collided with the "Maxim Gorky".

"Maxim Gorky" was the name of the first of two Tupolev ANT-20 aircraft built by the Soviet Union, the largest airplane built in the 1930s. On May 18, 1935, the "Maxim Gorky" was on a demonstration flight over Moscow. During the flight one of three escort planes collided with the "Maxim Gorky" causing both planes to crash, killing all on board the two aircraft.

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