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Murmansk oblast

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 near Murmansk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+IB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2298
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shot down by the Soviet Flan and crashed near Murmansk. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Helmut Lützow, pilot,
Ofw Ludwig Kolb, radio operator,
Uffz Edmund Miehstein, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+AB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
140146
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed in Murmansk. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Obrst Alerich Hofmann, pilot,
Obfw Karl Schilze, observer,
Uffz Klaus Oelemann, radio operator,
Fw Karl Prock, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden in Severomorsk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1942
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at Severomorsk-1 Airport (Vayenga-1). While circling at night in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew.
Cpt Garbuz Ivan Yakovlevich, pilot,
Sgt Feodosy Spiridonovich Skomorokhov, radio operator.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge near Nautsi: 19 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TF+AB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Nautsi - Berlin
MSN:
5760
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
15
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
19
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane departed Nautsi on a flight to Berlin-Staaken, carrying four crew members and 15 passengers from III/KG-30. The airplane failed to arrive in Berlin and was lost without trace. The exact location of the mishap remains unknown, maybe in the area of Nautsi after being shot down by enemy fire after departure.
Crew:
Fw Werner Schwemke, pilot,
Ogefr Josef Schatz, radio operator,
Ogefr Heinrich Müller, mechanic,
Ogefr Ludwig Zeller, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
142113
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
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
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+JR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
142128
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
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
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1T+AS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
140006
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
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
Operator:
Registration:
P1273
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Sumburgh - Afrikanda
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
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
Operator:
Registration:
P5323
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Sumburgh - Afrikanda
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
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
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
8661
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
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.