Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle in Russia: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 27, 1943
Registration:
P1645
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a delivery flight from UK to Russia, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed somewhere in Russia. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt F. F Ilchenko, pilot +3.
Crew:
1st Lt F. F Ilchenko, pilot +3.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.