Военновъздушни сили
Bulgarian Air Force
 

Cheshnegirovo Air Base
Sadovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

MiG-23BN

15752
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Tuesday, 16th September 1986

Major Ilia Stoyanov

  Ilia Stoyanov was born on July 22, 1948 in the region of Plovdiv, Bulgaria and graduated from the Bulgarian Military Aviation School in Dolna Mitropolia in 1971.
 

On 16th September 1986, as a result of Spatial disorientation, his plane crashed in the district of Stara Zagora and he was killed.

 

 

 

      Some extracts used in this Biography  were  provided by Major Stoyanov's family