Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Annino: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 26, 1943 at 1355 LT
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was on a reconnaissance mission when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near the village of Annino. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured and was able to bail out.
Crew:
M/Sgt Boris Fedorovich Kotyhov, pilot, †
Lt Andrey Vasilevich Ustratov, navigator,
S/Sgt Nikolay Alexandrovich Sorokin, air gunner. †
Crew:
M/Sgt Boris Fedorovich Kotyhov, pilot, †
Lt Andrey Vasilevich Ustratov, navigator,
S/Sgt Nikolay Alexandrovich Sorokin, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.