Crash of a Tupolev TU-2 in Grylevo: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 4, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
100401
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in an operation to Velikiye Luki when the left engine caught fire. The pilot ordered his crew to bail out and elected to return to base when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Grylevo. Three crew members parachuted to safety while the pilot was killed. The wreckage was found in a dense wooded area in October 2019.
Crew:
Maj Dmitry Ivanovich Grabov, pilot, †
Sgt/M Kryuchkov, radio operator,
Lt Radchenko, air gunner,
Lt Neponyashchy, air gunner.
Crew:
Maj Dmitry Ivanovich Grabov, pilot, †
Sgt/M Kryuchkov, radio operator,
Lt Radchenko, air gunner,
Lt Neponyashchy, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fire of the left engine in flight.
