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Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Annino: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1943 at 1355 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
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. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Senkovo: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
19/104
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a bombing mission against enemy positions located in the village of Leshkovo. Approaching the target area, it was found to be covered by clouds. The goal of the mission was modified to the station of Chernozem. Approaching this new target, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in a swampy area located near the village of Senkovo. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Sgt Arkadiy Petrovich Sozinov, pilot,
Lt Timofey Markovic Shapovalov, navigator,
Sgt Victor Kondratievich Kalinichenko, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Serebrovo: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3/104
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a bombing mission against enemy positions located in the village of Leshkovo. Approaching the target area, it was found to be covered by clouds. The goal of the mission was modified to the station of Chernozem. Approaching this new target, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Karatay Lake just north of Serebrovo. A crew was killed and two others survived but were later shot down by German soldiers.
Crew:
Lt Boris Sergeevich Kardapoltsev, pilot,
M/Lt Alexey Karpovich Bondarenko, navigator,
Sgt Aleksandr Ivanovich Kozhbakov, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in the Bol'shoy Ivan Lake: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6/115
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a bombing mission against enemy positions located in the village of Leshkovo. Approaching the target area, it was found to be covered by clouds. The goal of the mission was modified to the station of Chernozem. Approaching this new target, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Bol'shoy Ivan Lake. A crew was killed and two others parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Mikhail Vasilevich Orlov, pilot, †
Lt Petr Gavrilovic Slobodyan, navigator,
Sgt Sergey Ivanovich Filonchik, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Velikiye Luki: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 7 km south of Velikiye Luki. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alexey Nikolaevich Maslyakov, pilot,
Lt Nikolai Timofeevich Cherednichenko, navigator,
Sgt Nikifor Savelievich Matiychenko, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Gagarin: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Gzhatsk. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Vasily Pavlovich Sazonov, pilot,
Sgt Pavel Emelyanovich Drozdov, observer,
Sgt Pavel Emelyanovich Kononykhin, radio operator. †

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Rzhev: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
13/87
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Rzhev. Two crew members were killed and a third bailed out and survived.
Crew:
S/Lt Andreev Vasily Andreevich, pilot, †
M/Lt Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovenya, observer, †
Sgt Leonid Ivanovich Morozov, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Stalingrad: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to return to base following a reconnaissance mission in the area of Stalingrad. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Mikhail Andreevich Ivkin, pilot,
Cpt Alexey Alekseevich Bazhanov, observer,
Sgt Alexey Ivanovich Babkin, air gunner.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Staritsa: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942 at 1800 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a reconnaissance mission, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Staritsa. All three crew members were killed. The wreckage was found in December 2019.
Crew:
Sgt Nikolay Platonovich Almakaev, pilot,
Lt Vladimir Kuzmich Rybak, observer,
Sgt Egor Vasilievich Maslov, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Severomorsk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1942 at 0700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into lake Srednee Vaengskoye located southeast of Severomorsk-1 (Vayenga-1) Airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Georgy Pavlovich Shcherbinin, pilot,
S/Lt Isaak Alexandrovich Zilberg, navigator,
M/Lt Leonid Kirillovich Plastinin, radio operator.