Murmansk oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane failed to return to base following a combat mission in the region of Lovozero. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Cpt Leonid Antonovich Shvarobey, pilot,
Cpt Semyon Nikolaevich Romanov, navigator +1.

Crash of a Tupolev SB 2 near Lovozero: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 5, 1942

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Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41/SB 2)

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While flying in poor weather conditions, the airplane impacted ground and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was rescued.
Crew:
Cpt Vasily Egorovich Zuev, pilot, †
Cpt Mikhail Platonovich Fadeev, navigator, †
Sgt Alexander Izosimovich Dimukov, radio operator.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 near Teriberka: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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G2+HH

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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1235

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Teriberka, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt Franz Schmiedt, pilot,
Uffz Helmut Friesen, observer,
Uffz Wolfgang Mitz, radio operator,
Uffz Willibald Mangold, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into Trifonayarvi Lake: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.88

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4D+HK

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Flight

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Bombing

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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8166

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and is believed to have crashed into the Trifonayarvi Lake. Lost without trace.
Crew.
Lt Wolgang Beck, pilot,
Uffz Otto Stark, observer,
Ogefr Erich Günther, radio operator,
Ogefr Johannes Eikmanns, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Tupolev SB 2 near Afrikanda AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1942

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Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41/SB 2)

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Training

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Afrikanda AFB while completing a training flight. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ludovik Vladimirovich Aleksandrovsky, pilot +2.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 near Murmansk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Heinkel He.111

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1H+AH

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane failed to return to base following an operation in the area of Murmansk. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Josef Hintermayer, pilot,
Uffz Ludvig Leinweber, observer,
Gefr Hans Mayer, radio operator,
Ogfr Willi Wachowitz, air gunner.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 near Murmansk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 24, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Heinkel He.111

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1H+OH

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Flight

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by the British antiaircraft fire and crashed in the region of Murmansk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Heinrich Bolwin, pilot,
Uffz Emil Eberhard, observer,
Uffz Michael Schäble, radio operator,
Uffz Walter Richter, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the British Flak.

Crash of a Chyetverikov Che-2 in Luostari: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 4, 1942

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Chyetverikov Che-2 (MDR-6)

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The airplane was engaged in an operation in Luostari and was supposed to bomb its airfield. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Ivan Terentyevich Trofimov, pilot,
AC2 Petr Petrovich Popov, mechanic,
Sgt Nikolay Abramovich Nenashev, wireless operator and air gunner,
2nd Lt Konstantin Efimovich Vakhromeev, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 near Cape Vyevnavolok: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941

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Beriev MBR-2

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The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt Konstantin Dmitrievich Medvedev, pilot,
AC1 Nikolay Kirillovich Bilshenko, mechanic,
Sgt Petr Terentyevich Khivrenko, air gunner,
Sgt Ivan Grigorievich Lukin, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 near Cape Vyevnavolok: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941

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Beriev MBR-2

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The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Cpt Viktor Leonidovich Brailovsky, pilot,
Lt Saveliy Salomonovich Tseskis,
Sgt Evgeny Aleksandrovich Maltsev, mechanic,
Sgt Viktor Grigorievitch Babenkov, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.