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Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A668
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
7844
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Leningrad while engaged in the evacuation of wounded soldiers. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A1264
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
16608
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Leningrad while engaged in the evacuation of wounded soldiers. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Yakovlev AIR-6 in Slavyansk: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-F128
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
7753
YOM:
1934
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was carrying one pilot and one passenger, Lt Col Sherbakov who was en route to Barvenkovo. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The passenger was killed and the pilot became PoW.

Crash of a Polikarpov SP near Kresttsy: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3149
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
14402
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While on a supply mission, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Kresttsy. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-2 in Beklemishevo: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-K468
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
17246
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the region of Beklemishevo. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 in Yuryevo: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A1172
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
14345
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Yuryevo, in the suburb of Novgorod. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov SP in Russia: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2053
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
8106
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a communication operation when it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed somewhere in Russia. The passenger, a communication offer (Captain) was killed and the pilot was injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov P-5 near Privolye

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-X314
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
10043
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a combat mission, the airplane passed behind the enemy lines when it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 1,5 km northeast of the village of Privolye. Both crew members were uninjured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 near Yukhnov: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Plavsk - Aduevo
MSN:
2311
YOM:
1931
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route from Plavsk to Aduevo, the pilot deviated from the prescribed route to Yukhnov when the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Tupolev ANT-35bis near Vorontsovka: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1942 at 0345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2484
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3/0
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Aircraft flight hours:
484
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in an urgent mission from a temporary airfield located by the sovkhoz of Krasny Oktyabr, in the region of Vorontsovka, on behalf of the Political Directorate of the South-Western Front. After takeoff, the airplane turn to the right, collided with trees and eventually crashed 180 metres further in a forest. The captain was killed while three other occupants were injured, two of them seriously.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the crew took off against the wind, but in the wrong direction given the location of the airfield.