Crash of a Tupolev TU-16R into the North Sea: 6 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1968
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev TU-16
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The strategic bomber departed Severomorsk Airbase on a survey flight over west Europe. While cruising over the North Sea, the crew made two first passes over the USS Essex then a third pass was completed at a very low height. The the pilot-in-command decided to leave the area when control was lost. The airplane crashed into the sea in a huge explosion, killing all six crew members. Debris were found about 240 km west of the Norwegian coast.
Crew:
Cpt Andrey Pliyev +5.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Location:
Vardø
Finnmark
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While in a combat mission out from Severomorsk-1 Airbase, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Barents Sea off Vardø. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Sergeevich Dyatel, pilot,
M/Lt Ivan Vassilievitsch Ignatev, navigator,
Lt Anatoly Alexeyevich Lobanov, radio operator,
Pvt Vasily Makarovich Kovtun, 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:
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 Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden in Severomorsk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Location:
Severomorsk-1
Murmansk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at Severomorsk-1 Airport (Vayenga-1). While circling at night in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew.
Cpt Garbuz Ivan Yakovlevich, pilot,
Sgt Feodosy Spiridonovich Skomorokhov, radio operator.

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

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1942 at 0700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Petlyakov Pe-2
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Location:
Severomorsk-1
Murmansk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into lake Srednee Vaengskoye located southeast of Severomorsk-1 (Vayenga-1) Airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Georgy Pavlovich Shcherbinin, pilot,
S/Lt Isaak Alexandrovich Zilberg, navigator,
M/Lt Leonid Kirillovich Plastinin, radio operator.
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