Polikarpov P-5

While flying in poor weather conditions at low altitude, the pilot initiated a turn when the airplane struck the ground and crashes. Both crew members were injured. The airplane was registered CCCP-F160 with the number 12 on the tail.

During the takeoff roll, the airplane collided with a tractor and crashed. Both crew members were killed.

En route from Khorugh to Dushanbe, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances on the southern slope of a mountain located near Odudi Pass. The pilot, seriously injured by low temperature, was rescued 10 days after the accident.

The airplane departed Kegostrov in Arkhangelsk at 1440LT on a weather survey operation, carrying one pilot and one meteorologist. About 20 minutes later, while cruising at an altitude of 1,300 metres near the Lodma River, some 20 km from Arkhangelsk, the airplane suffered a structural failure. The tail started to detach and control was lost. The pilot parachuted to safety but the passenger was ejected and failed to open his parachute. The airplane dove into the ground and was destroyed.

The airplane was probably shot down by enemy fire and was lost without trace with its crew of two.

The airplane was supposed to drop supplies in Novo-Umyslichka but failed to arrive at destination. It crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in the Orel oblast. Lost without trace with its two crew members.

En route to Novinki, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed near the destination. Both crew members were killed.

The crew was engaged in a supply mission to deliver foods to the Soviet soldiers. In flight, the airplane was shot down by four German fighters and crashed in a wooded area, bursting into flames. Both crew members survived and returned to base.

The airplane was completing a flight from Moscow-Myachkovo to Sosnovets with intermediate stops in Vologda and Obozersky, carrying one pilot, one technician and one messenger. Passing over Semenovo at an altitude of 150-200 metres, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed onto a Karelgranit factory. All three occupants were killed.

The pilot departed Ashgabat Airport to collect meteorological data. While flying in poor weather conditions, he lost control of the airplane that crashed on the slope of Mt Gora Markou (1,530 metres high) located about 25 km west of Ashgabat. As the airplane failed to return to base, SAR operations were initiated and the wreckage was found a week later, on April 25, some 20-30 metres below the summit of the mountain. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.