Polikarpov PR-5

The single engine airplane departed a position behind the enemy lines to return to base. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a cloud layer at 600 metres. For unknown reasons, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 4 km from the village of Troekurovo. Both crew members were killed.

The airplane departed Ryazan at 1000LT on a flight to Nikolayevsk, carrying four army officers from the 7th regiment and one pilot. En route, weather conditions deteriorated with limited visibility due to snow falls. To maintain a visual contact with the ground, the pilot descended to a height of 25-30 metres but realized he could not make it. He decided to return to Ryazan and initiated a left turn when the left wing struck the ground, causing the airplane to crashed about 500 metres north of Pronsk. A passenger was injured while four other occupants were killed.

The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Stalingrad, killing the pilot, sole on board.

Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Russia. There were no casualties.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances while on a flight from Moscow-Myachkovo and Yelets. Lost without trace.

The airplane departed Ust-Bolsheretsk on a flight to Tilichiki, carrying three crew members and two people from the Soviet Communist Party. After a flight of two hours and 30 minutes, the airplane landed in Ust-Kamchatsk where the crew passed the overnight. At the airport, the crew consumed alcohol and failed to sleep enough time. The next day, on March 12, the airplane took off at noon for Tilichiki despite the pilot was not fit. At 1241LT, the radio operator informed ground that he passed Ozernaya at an altitude of 1,500 metres. Half an hour later, while cruising in good weather conditions, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the taiga about 22 km north of the village of Uka. The wreckage was found the next day and all five occupants were killed.

On final approach to Kabul Airport at night, the airplane crashed in a snow cover field and was destroyed. Both occupants were injured and the diplomatic mail was damaged.

The airplane departed Stalinabad on a flight to Khorugh, carrying six passengers (four adults and two children) and one pilot. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was poor. Despite the situation, the pilot decided to continue. Flying in clouds, the airplane struck a rock and crashed in deep snow at an altitude of 3,900 metres near the Odudi Pass. All seven occupants survived the accident with minor injuries but without any food and in extreme conditions with very low outside temperature. Twelve days after the accident, the pilot and three passengers tried to find help and left the crash site. During this trip, a passenger died of cold. On May 12, an expedition was sent to the crash site and found a woman and her two children aged one and nine died of cold and hunger.

Following a flight from Dushanbe, the single engine airplane crashed upon landing at Khorugh Airfield and was damaged beyond repair.

The pilot was engaged in a communication flight with the Red Army behind the enemy lines when the airplane apparently crashed in the region of Vyazma. It failed to return to base and was lost without trace.