Murmansk oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Nautsi. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Werner Arndt, operator,
Fw Franz Frei, observer,
Uffz Friedrich Steube, radio operator,
Obfw Fritz Reinike, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Murmansk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1942

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Junkers JU.88

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4D+JR

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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142128

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Murmansk, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt Lothar Werner, pilot,
Gefr Heinrich Leiser, observer,
Ogefr Joseph Mathe, radio operator,
Ogefr Lorenz Klez, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Pechenga: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1942

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Junkers JU.88

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1T+AS

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Mistakenly shot down by friendly fire and crashed in Pechenga. All four crew members bailed out. Three were uninjured and the mechanic was killed after its parachute apparently failed to open.
Crew:
Oblt Heinz Möhlmann, pilot,
Oblt Friedrich Michael, observer,
Uffz Ludwig Johmann, radio operator,
Uffz Werner Storm, mechanic. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by friendly fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Pechenga

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P1273

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The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. Over Pechenga, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Lewis Bertrand,
Sgt Edward Dudley Bind,
Cpl George Richard Desforges,
Sgt Kenneth Scott Piper,
Sgt Kenneth Clayton Smith.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Kandalaksha

Date & Time: Sep 5, 1942

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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P5323

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The airplane departed Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, on a transit flight to Afrikanda AFB, Murmansk oblast. It was part of a group of 16 Hampden being transferred to northwest Russia, taking part to 'Operation Orator', the code name for the defense of the Allied Arctic convoy PQ-18 by British and Australian air force units based temporarily in northwest Russia. En route, both engines stopped due to a fuel exhaustion. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in Kandalaksha and was damaged beyond repair. All four crew members escaped unhurt.
Crew:
P/O Rupert Patrick, pilot +3.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Pechenga

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942

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Junkers JU.88

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The airplane was shot down by the Soviet Flak and crashed in Pechenga. All four crew members survived.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the Soviet Flak.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Severomorsk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1942 at 0700 LT

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Petlyakov Pe-2

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into lake Srednee Vaengskoye located southeast of Severomorsk-1 (Vayenga-1) Airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Georgy Pavlovich Shcherbinin, pilot,
S/Lt Isaak Alexandrovich Zilberg, navigator,
M/Lt Leonid Kirillovich Plastinin, radio operator.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Pechenga: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1942

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Petlyakov Pe-2

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6/95

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The airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the region of Pechenga. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ml/Lt Alexey Antonovich Sushin, pilot,
Sgt Vasily Ivanovich Kornachev, navigator,
Sgt Zakhar Antonovich Lazarev, wireless operator and air gunner.

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Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 in Zapadnaya Litsa

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1942 at 0832 LT

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The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Zapadnaya Litsa. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Iokanga: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 10, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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4D+QA

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Shot down by the Soviet Flak and crashed in Iokanga, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Obfw Kurt Meyer, pilot,
Uffz Josef Gaier, observer,
Uffz Rudi Schneider, radio operator,
Uffz Josef Lyske, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the Soviet Flak.