Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Gatchina
Date & Time:
Sep 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3923
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 12 14
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Leningrad-Komendantsky Airport on a special mission. En route, the airplane was hit by enemy fire. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a prairie, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
