Date & Time:
May 29, 1943 at 1145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle
Registration:
P1503
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Errol - Errol
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
1
Other fatalities:
0
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.