Crash of a Douglas C-47A-20-DK near Palik Lake: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 27, 1944 at 0015 LT
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L882
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Smolensk - Smolensk
MSN:
12884
YOM:
30
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On a supply flight from Smolensk for partisans in the area of Lake Palik (Borisov district of the Minsk region) when the suspension lines of a parachute got entangled in the empennage. The aircraft could be recovered from the ensuing dive but the cargo of the parachute got entangled in trees and the aircraft crashed in a swamp. The copilot was killed while four other crew members were killed. The captain died from his injuries 16 hours later.
