Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 14, 1943
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
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.
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.