Crash of a Tupolev SB 2 in Arkhipo-Osipovka: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 27, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
13/265
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Arkhipo-Osipovka, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
M/Lt Ivan Fyodorovich Gavrilov, pilot,
S/Lt Veniamin Alekseevich Kharchev, navigator,
Sgt Nikifor Ivanovich Simonov, radio operator.
Crew:
M/Lt Ivan Fyodorovich Gavrilov, pilot,
S/Lt Veniamin Alekseevich Kharchev, navigator,
Sgt Nikifor Ivanovich Simonov, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
