Crash of a North American B-25C Mitchell in Niva: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 16, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-12557
Survivors:
No
MSN:
82-5192
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While on a combat mission, the airplane was probably shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Niva. All five crew members were killed. The wreckage was found in 2016.
Crew:
S/Lt Nikolay Vasilievich Ivanov, pilot,
Sgt Yakov Ivanovich Yezhov, copilot,
S/Lt Pavel Emelyanovich Vlasenko, navigator,
Sgt Ivan Ivanovich Krivozhenko, radio operator,
Sgt/M Nikolay Semenovich Alekseenko, air gunner.
Crew:
S/Lt Nikolay Vasilievich Ivanov, pilot,
Sgt Yakov Ivanovich Yezhov, copilot,
S/Lt Pavel Emelyanovich Vlasenko, navigator,
Sgt Ivan Ivanovich Krivozhenko, radio operator,
Sgt/M Nikolay Semenovich Alekseenko, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
