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Crash of a Tupolev TU-95RTs into the Barents Sea: 12 killed

Date & Time: Jan 15, 1971
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev TU-95
Operator:
Registration:
31 black
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
67MRTs401
YOM:
1967
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
12
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
12
Circumstances:
While completing a maritime patrol flight, the crew informed ground about an engine fire. Shortly later, in a second message, the crew confirmed the fire was extinguished. Seven minutes later, control was lost and the airplane entered a dive before crashing into the Barents Sea, off the Bear Island, south of the Svalbard Archipelago. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 12 crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the loss of control may have been caused by the loss of a propeller blade in flight that penetrated the fuselage, causing a brutal decompression.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to return to base at Severomorsk-1 Airfield following an operation over the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
S/Lt Grigory Yakovlevich Malygin, pilot,
Sgt Dmitry Konstantinovich Shileev, navigator,
Sgt Vasily Evgenievich Gorchakov, radio operator,
Sgt Sergey Semenovich Nikitin, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to return to base at Severomorsk-1 Airfield following an operation over the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Sergey Ivanovich Trunov, pilot,
Sgt Evgeny Lvovich Chernykh, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Dmitrievich Khamkin, radio operator,
Sgt Grigory Gavrilovich Gartovatny, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7596
YOM:
1942
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Barents Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Karl Heinz Schmitt, pilot,
Ogefr Helmut Waldschmit, observer,
Ogefr Karl Ulrich Thode, radio operator,
Gefr Kurt Schwenke, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
4D+GN
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
142130
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
May have crashed somewhere in the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Haug, pilot,
Ogefr Emil Karsch, observer,
Gefr Max Berger, radio operator,
Gefr Albert Ruf, air gunner.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138C-1 into the Barents Sea

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Operator:
Registration:
7R+CH
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
310024
YOM:
1941
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Ditched in the sea for unknown reasons. All crew members survived. The airplane sank and was lost.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
4D+AH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
2137
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Failed to return to base and believed to have crashed somewhere into the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew.
Cpt Eberhard Schröder, pilot,
Uffz Rudolf Decker, observer,
Uffz Hans Mühlpoltner, radio operator,
Uffz Albert Agel, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He. 111H-6 into the Barents Sea

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1942 at 2000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+MH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7156
YOM:
1942
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation against the PQ 17 convoy in the Barents Sea. It was shot down by USS Wainwright and crashed in the Barents Sea. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Georg Kaumeyer, pilot,
Fw Felix Schlenkermann, observer,
Uffz Helmut Clausnitzer, radio operator,
Gefr Theodor Mands, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+GH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7098
YOM:
1942
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Failed to return to base following an operation against the PQ 17 convoy in the Barents Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Konrad Hennemann, pilot,
Uffz Herbert Gabriel, observer,
Uffz Johnn Zopes, radio operator,
Ogefr Artur Scholz, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the Barents Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 27, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
4D+DH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
142061
Location:
Barents Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the Barents Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Max Pusyve, pilot,
Uffz Kurt Heuer, observer,
Uffz Paul Zeschke, radio operator,
Uffz Stefan Kovanzs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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