Date & Time:
Apr 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle
Operator:
Registration:
P1645
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a delivery flight from UK to Russia, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed somewhere in Russia. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt F. F Ilchenko, pilot +3.
Crew:
1st Lt F. F Ilchenko, pilot +3.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
