YI-AIO_1979-07_MUC_1290_WH

 

Photo taken by Wilhalm Hell, scan kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

July 1979 (between 12 and 15 July)

 

YI-AIO

Ilyushin Il-76

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Iraqi Air Force (Iraqi Airways colours)

 

YI-AIO arrived at Riem on 12 July 1979 and left on 15 July 1979.

 

Iraqi Airways Il-76s noted at Riem include YI-AIP (May 1979, first visit of the type), YI-AIO (July 1979), YI-AIM (May 1980), YI-AKQ (ca. February 1982), YI-AKO (April 1982) and YI-ALQ (August 1983). Probably there were more during the mid and late 1980s.

 

YI-AIO was written off on 23 September 1980 (information from scramble.nl):

 

line # 08-09; opb 33 Squadron; in full 'green' Iraqi Airways c/s; seen ORY 02jul79; w/o 23sep80 on a positioning flight from Rasheed air base to Baghdad IAP (after a flight from Paris-Orly) when approached during an attack by fighter-bombers of the Iranian Air Force, was shot down by the Iraqi air defence with two S-125 "Neva" SAMs by mistake and crashed near the airport, all 3 crew members were killed.

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

 

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