Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle II in Fearnan: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 29, 1943 at 1145 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P1503
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Errol - Errol
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Errol on a training exercise, carrying three officers of the Soviet Air Force and one Czech interpreter. En route, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed north of Fearnan. All four occupants were killed.
Crew (305th FTU):
Maj Aleksandr Gruzdin, pilot,
S/Lt Aleksandr Andrejevich Aleksejev, flight engineer,
S/Lt William Dramin.
Passenger:
Sgt Francis Drahovzal.
Crew (305th FTU):
Maj Aleksandr Gruzdin, pilot,
S/Lt Aleksandr Andrejevich Aleksejev, flight engineer,
S/Lt William Dramin.
Passenger:
Sgt Francis Drahovzal.
