Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Ura-Guba: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
4D+CB
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
3676
Location:
Ura-Guba
Murmansk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed near Ura-Guba and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed. Maybe shot down by enemy fire.
Crew:
Oblt Friedrich Ostadal, pilot,
Obfw Gerhard Kohla, observer,
Uffz Friedrich Raber, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Heinz Bassen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Tupolev SB 2 in Ura-Guba: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41/SB 2)
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Ura-Guba
Murmansk oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Ura-Guba. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Mikhail Savvich Skvortsov +2.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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