Crash of a Polikarpov SP in Russia: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A865
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
8041
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to return to base and was lost without trace. Both occupants were considered as deceased.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 off Gryaznaya: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The floatplane crashed upon landing on Onega River off Gryaznaya. Two crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Dmitry Matveyevich Lebedev, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC1 V. T. Burlakov, mechanic +2.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 near Cape Vyevnavolok: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Lt Konstantin Dmitrievich Medvedev, pilot,
AC1 Nikolay Kirillovich Bilshenko, mechanic,
Sgt Petr Terentyevich Khivrenko, air gunner,
Sgt Ivan Grigorievich Lukin, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 near Cape Vyevnavolok: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The floatplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Cape Vyevnavolok, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Cpt Viktor Leonidovich Brailovsky, pilot,
Lt Saveliy Salomonovich Tseskis,
Sgt Evgeny Aleksandrovich Maltsev, mechanic,
Sgt Viktor Grigorievitch Babenkov, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 near Soltsy

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1222
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Destroyed in an emergency landing near Soltsy, southwest of Ilmen Lake. All three crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Lt Anton Schweinsteiger, pilot,
Ogefr Hans Albers, observer,
Ogefr Adolf Rinne, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 near Soltsy

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M7+CK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4575
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Destroyed in an emergency landing near Soltsy, southwest of Ilmen Lake. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Uffz Herbert Wolenski, pilot,
Uffz Herbert Nüttig, observer,
Ogefr Ernst Beyer, radio operator,
Ogefr Karl Breitner, air gunner.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 near Dubrovka: 24 killed

Date & Time: Oct 29, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Moscow - Kuybyshev
MSN:
184 16 08
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
20
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
24
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Moscow-Khodynka Airport on a flight to Kuybyshev, carrying four crew members and 20 passengers, in connection with the evacuation of GAZ n°1 to Kuybyshev. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, fog and freezing drizzle. Some 25 km east of Kuznetsk, the crew flew some circles over a forest located on a 340 metres high hill near Lake Beloye when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons near Golodyayevka (now Dubrovka). All 24 occupants were killed, among them the aircraft designer Vsevolod Tairov.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be established

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Shibenets

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3930
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
184 13 15
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Shibenets Airfield, the airplane failed to gain sufficient height, stalled and crashed into a ravine. The airplane was destroyed and all nine occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
The crew failed to properly remove snow from the airplane prior to takeoff. Poor flight preparation.

Crash of a GVF PS-84 in Podborovye: 16 killed

Date & Time: Oct 27, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3472
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Moscow – Cherepovets – Tikhvin
MSN:
8 5 21
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
13
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Moscow central airport on a special flight to Cherepovets and Tikhvin, carrying 13 mechanics and four crew members. The purpose of the mission was to ferry mechanics to these two airports to proceed with repairs and maintenance on several grounded airplanes. On the leg from Cherepovets to Tikhvin, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88. The pilot of the PS-84 attempted to divert to Podborovye Airfield for an emergency landing but on short final, the airplane went out of control and crashed 300 metres from the airfield. A passenger was seriously injured while 16 other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Beriev MBR-2 off Murmansk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to make an emergency landing when the floatplane crashed into the sea off the coast of Murmansk oblast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Aleksey Ivanovich Blinov, pilot,
Cpt Ivan Andreevich Zhernovoy, navigator,
Sgt Leonid Leonidovich Denisov, wireless operator and air gunner.