Military

Montreal-Pierre-Elliott Trudeau (ex Dorval)

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Montreal - Goose Bay

MSN:

4072

YOM:

1942

Location:

Quebec

Country:

Canada

Region:

North America

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The twin engine airplane departed Montreal-Dorval Airport on a flight to Goose Bay, carrying 14 passengers and two pilots, both civilians (one American pilot and one Canadian copilot). Among the passengers were four civilians who were contractors travelling to Goose Bay to install equipment for the new airport. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure. The crew lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed 3 km east of Dorval Airport. The airplane was destroyed and all 16 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Carl Frederick Kaiser, pilot,
Arthur Harold Down, copilot.
Passengers:
Charles Herbert Coke,
H. S. Moden,
John Joseph Barry,
Maurice J. Miles,
Lac Keith Dooks Campbell,
Lac Douglas Arthur Abbott,
Lac John Franklin Carr,
Cpl Clifford Thoralf Christopherson,
Lac Wesley Bruce Danielson,
Cpl Michael James Kasey,
Lac Bernard Edward Malone,
Lac Vincent Ford Peebles,
Lac Leslie Vernon Sparkes,
Lac Phillip John Tannant.

Probable cause:

Engine failure shortly after takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

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Registration:

CCCP-L2728

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Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Zabor'e - Vypolzovo

MSN:

13045

YOM:

1938

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The airplane failed to arrive in Vypolzovo and was lost without trace. The pilot was sole on board.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg6e into the Mediterranean Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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KF+QS

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Maleme - Tobruk

MSN:

3131

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1941

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While on a flight from Maleme to Tobruk, the three engine airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Josef Meisenhälter, pilot,
Uffz Paul Dickmann, radio operator,
Fw Georg Burgis, mechanic,
Uffz Roman Brückl, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg8e into the Mediterranean Sea: 20 killed

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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KA+SB

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MSN:

7532

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1942

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The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. All 20 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fw Anton Stehle, pilot,
Gefr Hermann Hunhoff, radio operator,
Uffz Josef Wimmer, mechanic,
Gefr Hans Schmidt, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-14 off Tautra Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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A6+FH

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144195

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Tautra Island, some 20 km northeast of Trondheim. All five occupants were killed, four crew members and one civilian.
Crew:
Fw Ernst Blattermann, pilot,
Lt Gerhard Pfhul, observer,
Uffz Helmut Hack, radio operator,
Fw Johann Prager, air gunner.

Crash of a Kochyerigin PS-43 in Sochi: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1942 at 1700 LT

Type of aircraft:

Kochyerigin PS-43

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Registration:

CCCP-L3029

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Sukhumi - Sochi

MSN:

536

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1940

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Approaching Sochi-Adler Airport at the end of the afternoon, the airplane was shot down by two German fighters and crashed. Both crew members and the passenger were killed.

Probable cause:

Shot down by two German fighters. It was determined that the route Sukhumi - Sochi was forbidden during the day due to enemy action in the area. To conduct such flight, a crew should be accompanied with Soviet fighters. In the present case, the pilot decided to takeoff despite the fact that no fighters were available to convoy.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V off Eastbourne

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1942 at 0310 LT

Type of aircraft:

Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley

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P5029

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Tempsford - Tempsford

MSN:

1751

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1940

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The airplane departed RAF Tempsford at 2013LT on October 22 on a Special Operation Executive (SOE) called Spruce 2, which involved a flight over the French territory. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and was ditched in The Channel off Eastbourne. All five crew members were rescued. The airplane sank and was lost.
Crew:
P/O G. F. B. Newport-Tinley, pilot +4.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 in Pashchenkovo: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

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Registration:

CCCP-L99

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Urda - Kolobovka

MSN:

2340

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1942

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The pilot departed Urda on a flight to Kolobovka with two other similar airplanes. En route, weather conditions worsened and the visibility was poor due to fog. Both other airplanes returned to Urda but the pilot of CCCP-L99 decided to continue. Lost, the pilot deviated from the prescribed route until the airplane crashed in a dense wooded area located in Polikarpov Po-2. The wreckage was found six days later on October 29. The pilot was killed.

Probable cause:

The pilot's lack of discipline, expressed in the fact that when he encountered fog, he did not return to the departure aerodrome or make the decision to land, but attempted to fly over the fog to the destination.

Crash of a Boeing B-17F-30-BO Flying Fortress off Baldy Point

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1942

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42-5059

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