Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 near Babruysk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1942 at 0842 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
9K+IU
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1308
Location:
Babruysk
Mogilev voblast
Country:
Belarus
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered technical problems and crashed 7 km north of Babruysk, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Paul Jagusch, pilot,
Fw Josef Uthoff, observer,
Gefr Alfons Gansloser, radio operator,
Ogfr Herbert Wüstenhagen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Unknown technical problem.

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

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Petlyakov Pe-2
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Kazan - Babruysk
Location:
Babruysk
Mogilev voblast
Country:
Belarus
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
On approach to Babruysk Airport following a ferry flight from Kazan, the airplane was mistakenly shot down by the pilot of a Soviet fighter and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
St/Lt Viktor Evtikheevich Sagaidak, pilot,
St/Lt Alexey Ivanovich Dagaev, navigator,
Sgt Vasily Egorovich Novikov, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by a Soviet fighter.
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