Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Roslavl: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bryansk - Dnipropetrovsk
MSN:
6702
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane was on a transit flight from Bryansk to Dnipropetrovsk with a crew of five on board. Following an engine failure in flight, the airplane crashed in Roslavl and was destroyed. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Kurt Stengel Kurt, pilot,
Gefr Franz Ulrich, observer,
Gefr Willi Krieger, radio operator,
Obgfr Racker, mechanic,
Obgfr Erich Schneider, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Roslavl: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A864
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Vyazma - Roslavl
MSN:
8040
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances while on a flight from Vyazma to Roslavl. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.