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Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943

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G2+LH

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

1055

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4

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0

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4

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Persfjorden near Vardø. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Meixner, pilot,
Lt Max Menzel, observer,
Ogefr Georg Beck, radio operator,
Ogefr Engelbert Beck, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Severomorsk - Severomorsk

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4

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0

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4

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While in a combat mission out from Severomorsk-1 Airbase, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Barents Sea off Vardø. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Sergeevich Dyatel, pilot,
M/Lt Ivan Vassilievitsch Ignatev, navigator,
Lt Anatoly Alexeyevich Lobanov, radio operator,
Pvt Vasily Makarovich Kovtun, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Crew on board:

4

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0

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Total fatalities:

4

Circumstances:

The airplane was engaged in an operation against a German convoy off Vardø. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Renøya Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Andrey Andreevich Bashtyrkov, pilot,
Sgt Vladimir Nikolaevich Gavrilov, navigator,
Sgt/M Mihail Vasilevich Kuzmin, radio operator,
Pvt Nikolay Artemevich Shpuntov, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Dornier DO.18G off Vardø

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1940 at 1515 LT

Type of aircraft:

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Registration:

K6+LK

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

MSN:

848

YOM:

1939

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Crew on board:

0

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0

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0

Circumstances:

For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing when the floatplane crashed into the sea off Vardø. There were no casualties.

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