Voronezh oblast | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane was shot down by the Soviet antiaircraft fire and crashed near Voronezh. Three crew members were killed and two others parachuted to safety.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the Soviet Flak.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 in Voronezh: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Heinkel He.111

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1G+IT

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7370

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1942

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Voronezh. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Obfw Engelbert Heiner, pilot,
Obfw Konrad Reider, radio operator, †
Obfw Friedrich Dietrich, observer, †
Uffz Gerhard Wendt, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Novokhopyorsk

Date & Time: Jul 11, 1942

Type of aircraft:

GVF PS-84

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CCCP-L3981

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184 19 0.

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1941

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed, bursting into flames. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
Cpt R. A. Khosalyov +5.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Voronezh

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1942

Type of aircraft:

GVF PS-84

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CCCP-L3954

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184 17 04

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1941

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Approaching Voronezh, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed, bursting into flames. Two crew members were injured.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Polikarpov AP in Voronezh: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1942

Type of aircraft:

Polikarpov Po-2

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CCCP-A658

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Voroshilovgrad - Moscow

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7834

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1936

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The airplane departed Voroshilovgrad on a flight to Moscow, carrying two passengers and one pilot. Approaching Voronezh, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed, bursting into flames. A passenger was injured and two other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Ilyushin DB-3F in Voronezh: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1942 at 1700 LT

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-4 (DB-3)

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Takeoff (climb)

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Ferry

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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7613

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1942

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Shortly after takeoff from Voronezh Airport, while climbing to a height of 70-75 metres, the airplane entered a high nose attitude, stalled and rolled to the right. Out of control, it descended to the ground and crashed near the runway end. Both crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control during initial climb after the pilot failed to position the elevator trim tab in a correct position for takeoff.

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

Date & Time: Feb 22, 1942 at 0345 LT

Type of aircraft:

Tupolev ANT-35 (ANT-35bis & PS-35)

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CCCP-L2484

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3/0

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1940

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484

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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.

Crash of a Yakovlev AIR-6 in Voronezh: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1941 at 1300 LT

Type of aircraft:

Yakovlev AIR-6

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CCCP-L2775

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Flight

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Urazovo - Voronezh

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7756

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1934

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1262

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The airplane was approaching Voronezh from a flight from Urazovo, carrying one pilot and one engineer from the southwest front. Over the city, it collided with the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed in the Voronezh River. Both occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Loss of control following an in-flight collision with the cable of a barrage balloon.

Crash of a Tupolev PS-41 near Voronezh: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1940 at 1755 LT

Type of aircraft:

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

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CCCP-T3518

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Postal (mail)

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Plain, Valley

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Stalingrad – Moscou

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11/214

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1938

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168

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The airplane departed Stalingrad at 1647LT on a mail flight to Moscow, carrying three crew members and a load of 113 kg of mail. After takeoff, the airplane entered clouds and continued his course to the northwest. After flying a distance of about 350 km, while cruising at an altitude of 4,000 metres in clouds, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field at a speed of 750-800 km/h. All three occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

Due to the high degree of destruction, investigations were unable to determine the exact cause of the accident. Nevertheless, it is believed that the loss of control was probably the consequence of icing while cruising at high altitude in clouds, causing a malfunction of the instruments.