Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Severomorsk-1 - Severomorsk-1
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Tanafjord. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin, pilot,
Sgt Nikolay Gerasimovich Rolenko, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Alekseevich Mironov, radio operator,
Sgt Pavel Anatolievich Meksin, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin, pilot,
Sgt Nikolay Gerasimovich Rolenko, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Alekseevich Mironov, radio operator,
Sgt Pavel Anatolievich Meksin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
