Date & Time:
May 30, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Ilyushin II-4 (DB-3)
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Irkutsk - Krasnoyarsk
MSN:
5153911
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:
En route from Irkutsk to Krasnoyarsk, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with rain and thunderstorm. Approaching the village of Petropavlovka, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a marshy area. All four crew members were killed. The airplane was part of a group of six II-4 transferred to Krasnoyarsk. The wreckage was found in 2012.
Crew:
S/Lt Pavel Mikhailovich Konovalov, pilot,
S/Lt Valentin Petrovich Bakulin, navigator,
Grigory Andreevich Chigray, flight engineer,
Grigory Petrovich Reva, radio operator.
Crew:
S/Lt Pavel Mikhailovich Konovalov, pilot,
S/Lt Valentin Petrovich Bakulin, navigator,
Grigory Andreevich Chigray, flight engineer,
Grigory Petrovich Reva, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Poor weather conditions.
