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:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.