Crash of a Tupolev SB 2 near Khalkhin Gol: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 24, 1939
Registration:
5/57
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While engaged in a combat mission against the Japanese forces along the border between Mongolia and China, the airplane was shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed near Khalkhin Gol. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Fedor Petrovich Nesterenko, pilot,
M/Lt Anatoly Mikhailovich Kirsanov, navigator,
Sgt Konstantin Ivanovich Morozov, radio operator.
Crew:
Lt Fedor Petrovich Nesterenko, pilot,
M/Lt Anatoly Mikhailovich Kirsanov, navigator,
Sgt Konstantin Ivanovich Morozov, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.