Abdolbaghi Darvish Explained

Abdolbaghi Darvish
Birth Date:1948
Birth Place:Nowshahr, Iran
Death Place:Ahwaz
Placeofburial:Tehran
Allegiance:Iran
Branch:Air Force
Rank:Colonel

Abdolbaghi Darvish (Persian: عبدالباقی درویش ; 26 April 1948 – 20 February 1986) was an Iranian Air Force pilot who served during the Iran–Iraq War.

Early life

He was born in 1948 in Nowshahr. After finishing school, he had accepted in Iran's air force college and after that for advance training he was sent to the United States in 1969.[1]

End of life

On 20 February 1986, Darvish was shot down by an Iraqi MiG-23ML while flying his Iranian F27-600. All 51 crew and passengers were killed.[2] [3] The aircraft was carrying a delegation of military and government officials on a mission. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major General.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Classes - 1970.
  2. Web site: Iraqi Air-to-Air Victories since 1967 . 2018-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130805052018/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_404.shtml . 2013-08-05 . dead .
  3. Iran–Iraq War of 1980–1988, Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop, 2000, page 304