Crash of a Beriev MP-1bis in Russia

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2551
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
31P2
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a paratroopers mission, the floatplane landed on a lake located behind the enemy line then suffered a hole in the hull and sank. All eight occupants evacuated safely and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Tupolev PS-41bis in Russia

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3509
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6/300
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from an airstrip somewhere in Russia while on a special night mission. All three crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-6 in Russia: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
B3+FL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2339
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Russia, taking part to the German invasion. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Fritz Bietteck, pilot,
Ogefr Fritz Hähner, radio operator,
Uffz Heinz Plemenik, mechanic,
Ogefr Johann Stüber, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Russia: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
8H+EL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sępopol - Borisov
MSN:
0739
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Schippelbeil (now Sępopol, Poland), on a flight to Borisov, Belarus. It crashed in unknow circumstances somewhere in Russia. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hans Joachim Hinrichs, pilot,
Fw Klose, Observer,
Uffz Klein, radio operator,
Ogefr Bigalke, air gunner.

Crash of a Tupolev PS-41bis in Russia: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3504
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1/300
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was lost without trace and probably crashed in the region of the North Front while on a supply mission.

Crash of a Tupolev G-1 in Russia

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2979
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
621
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The right engine failed in flight. The airplane lost height, impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. The pilot was injured and the mechanic was unhurt. The airplane was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right engine in flight.

Crash of a Polikarpov SP in Russia: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2734
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
13051
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Russia. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-2 in Russia: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-K475
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
17268
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Russia. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-2 in Russia: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-K467
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
17245
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Russia. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Bolkhovitinov DB-A in Russia: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
URSS-N209
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Moscow – Fairbanks – Chicago – New York
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a transpolar flight from Moscow to New York with intermediate stops in Fairbanks and Chicago. While flying probably over the north part of Siberia, maybe over the Arctic Ocean, the aircraft disappeared after all radio communications ceased. Important SAR operations were initiated but were eventually suspended few weeks later as no trace of the aircraft nor the six crew members was found. Among the six aviators was the famous Soviet aviation pioneer Sigismond Levanevsky.
Crew:
Sigismond Levanevsky, captain,
Nikolai Kastanayev, second pilot,
Nikolai Galkovsky, radio operator,
Grigory Pobezhimov, flight engineer,
Nikolai Godovikov, flight engineer,
Viktor Levchenko, navigator.
Probable cause:
According to Soviet Authorities, weather information transmitted to the crew were inaccurate and did not reflect the truth.