Crash of a Tupolev G-2 in Srednyaya Akhtuba: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 17, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3047
Survivors:
No
MSN:
22 139
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Srednyaya Akhtuba Airport (east of Stalingrad), the airplane was shot down by a German fighter Me.109 and crashed. All five crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
