Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 31, 1943
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Severomorsk - Severomorsk
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While in a combat mission out from Severomorsk-1 Airbase, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Barents Sea off Vardø. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Sergeevich Dyatel, pilot,
M/Lt Ivan Vassilievitsch Ignatev, navigator,
Lt Anatoly Alexeyevich Lobanov, radio operator,
Pvt Vasily Makarovich Kovtun, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Sergeevich Dyatel, pilot,
M/Lt Ivan Vassilievitsch Ignatev, navigator,
Lt Anatoly Alexeyevich Lobanov, radio operator,
Pvt Vasily Makarovich Kovtun, air gunner.
