Crash of a Petlyakov Pe-2 near Tambov: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 24, 1942 at 0850 LT
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tambov - Tambov
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Tambov Airport when the airplane suffered a technical problem and crashed in Pokrovo-Prigorodnoye, some 5 km southeast of the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Unknown technical failure.