Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41/SB 2)

Shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Nizhnebakanskaya. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
M/Lt Alexander Ivanovich Sevastyanov, pilot, †
M/Lt Dmitry Stepanovich Gavrilov, navigator, †
Sgt Vasily Efimovich Shmorgunov, radio operator.

En route from Moscow to Krasnodar, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Chertkovo. Both crew members were killed.

While on a flight from Myatchkovo to Belomorsk, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in northwest of Russia. Lost without trace.

The airplane departed Tbilisi Airport at 1233LT on a flight to Krasnodar with intermediate stops in Ordzonikidze (Vladikavkaz) and Mineralnye Vody. After departure, the crew climbed to an altitude of 2,500 metres then continued over the Caucasian Mountain Range. As weather conditions deteriorated, the pilot climbed to an altitude of 4,000 metres and realized it would not be possible to pass over the mountains so he decided to fly to the east, direction Baku. Shortly later, while flying at an altitude of 4,000 metres, the airplane caught fire in flight and crashed on the slope of Mt Ninikas-Tsikhe, bursting into flames. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the region of Pechenga, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Sgt Mikhail Petrovich Kupriyanov, pilot,
Lt Nikolai Dmitrievich Bichik, navigator,
Sgt Stepan Vasilievich Artamonov, radio operator.

The crew departed Moscow on a training flight to Irkutsk with intermediate stops in Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. On the last leg to Irkutsk, the captain reduced his altitude and descended to the insufficient height of 10 metres. Approaching the city of Kuitun, the airplane collided with a semaphore located along the railway line to Irkutsk. The airplane crashed and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed.

The crew was in charge to transfer the airplane to its new base in Semipalatinsk and departed Tashkent Airport at 0625LT. En route stops were scheduled in Frunze (Bishkek) and Alma-Ata. About 40 minutes after departure, weather conditions deteriorated on the east part of Uzbekistan with a sand storm. As the airplane failed to arrive in Frunze, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended as no trace of the airplane was found. The wreckage was eventually found in 1943 at an altitude of 2,501 metres, on the Karzhantau Mountain Range, some 65 km northeast of Tashkent. The airplane impacted the slope of the mountain about 100 metres below the summit and was partially destroyed by a post crash fire. All three crew members were killed.

The airplane failed to return to base following a combat mission in the region of Lovozero. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Leonid Antonovich Shvarobey, pilot,
Cpt Semyon Nikolaevich Romanov, navigator +1.

While flying in poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted ground and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was rescued.
Crew:
Cpt Vasily Egorovich Zuev, pilot, †
Cpt Mikhail Platonovich Fadeev, navigator, †
Sgt Alexander Izosimovich Dimukov, radio operator.

The airplane departed Myachkovo Airport at 1150LT on a special flight to Krasnodar, carrying two passengers and three crew members. About 25 minutes into the flight, weather conditions deteriorated with sudden heavy snow falls. The pilot elected to return but from a height of 150 metres, the airplane entered a dive and crashed one km north of the village of Tatiny. All five occupants were killed.