Crash of a Douglas A-20B-DL Havoc in Kacha: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 27, 1943 at 1240 LT
Operator:
Registration:
41-3609
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Krasnoyarsk - Krasnoyarsk
MSN:
5939
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Krasnoyarsk-Sheremshanka Airport at 1215LT on a local training flight with 10 other airplanes. En route, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded area located near Kacha, 22 km southwest of Sheremshanka Airfield. All four crew members were killed. All other airplanes returned to the airport at 1250LT.
Crew:
Cpt Piotr Mikhaïlovitch Stepanov, pilot,
Cpt Vassili Andreïevitch Kravets, navigator,
Sgt Viktor Alekseïevitch Panov, radio operator,
Lt Garif Nigmatzyanovich Shaikhutdinov, flight engineer.
Crew:
Cpt Piotr Mikhaïlovitch Stepanov, pilot,
Cpt Vassili Andreïevitch Kravets, navigator,
Sgt Viktor Alekseïevitch Panov, radio operator,
Lt Garif Nigmatzyanovich Shaikhutdinov, flight engineer.
