Polikarpov Po-2 | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 near Stalingrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-S1813

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

9340

YOM:

1937

Location:

Volgograd oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

The airplane failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed in Stalingrad. The pilot was killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 in Kruglovka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

13663

YOM:

1939

Location:

Volgograd oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

1

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

2

Circumstances:

The airplane failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed in the region of Kruglovka. Both occupants were killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov AP in Ivanovka: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-A1079

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

14252

YOM:

1939

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

1

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Ivanovka. The pilot was killed and the passenger was injured.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 near Stalingrad: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 24, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-P441

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

435

YOM:

1941

Location:

Volgograd oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

1

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

2

Circumstances:

The airplane took off from a field near a farm located in the village of Burkovsky, some 100 km northwest of Stalingrad, to transfer a Senior Battalion Commissar of the Political Directorate of the Stalingrad Front. The airplane failed to arrive at destination and probably crashed in the region of Stalingrad, killing both occupants.

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

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-L1239

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Location:

Volgograd oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

1

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Stalingrad. The pilot was killed and the passenger, Lt Kirilov, was seriously injured.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 in Bol'shaya Ivanovka: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 17, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-T150

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Pichuga - Bol'shaya Ivanovka

MSN:

9433

YOM:

1937

Location:

Bol'shaya Ivanovka

Volgograd oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

1

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

Approaching Bol'shaya Ivanovka on a flight from Pichuga, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter (Me.110) and crashed. The pilot was injured and the passenger, Maj Kozyrev, head of 929th Aviation Regiment, was killed.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-A1096

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

14269

YOM:

1939

Location:

Leningrad oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

2

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

3

Circumstances:

The airplane was engaged in an ambulance flight from Glazhevo to Syasskie Ryadki, carrying one pilot and two wounded soldiers. It crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all three occupants.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-4 in Lovat: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

10

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

2240

YOM:

1941

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Lovat, killing the pilot, sole on board.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 in Lovat: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-A992

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

12175

YOM:

1938

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

0

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Lovat, killing the pilot, sole on board.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-2 in Rakhinka: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

Operator:

Registration:

CCCP-K485

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

MSN:

17255

YOM:

1940

Location:

Volgograd oblast

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

1

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

2

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

1

Circumstances:

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Rakhinka. A passenger was killed while both other occupants were injured.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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