Crash of a Tugan LJW7 Gannet in the Arnhem Land

Date & Time: May 19, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Tugan LJW7 Gannet
Operator:
Registration:
A14-6
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Batchelor – Groote Eylandt
MSN:
TA-55
YOM:
1936
Location:
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
Country:
Australia
Region:
Oceania
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Batchelor on an ambulance flight to Groote Eylandt, carrying one nurse and two crew members. While cruising over Arnhem Land, the crew became lost. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when it crashed in a swampy area and came to rest upside down. All three occupants escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. After 10 days in an hostile environment, the three survivors built make-shift raft from aircraft parts and set off drifting down the Cato River. After several days they were located by Aborigines who took them to Elcho Island Mission then on to the RAAF Station on Millingimbi Island, where they arrived 33 days after the crash.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis Smallhorn, pilot,
AC1 George Booth, radio operator.
Passenger:
Cpl Phillip Bronk, nurse.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 in Strugi: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A655
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
7831
YOM:
1936
Location:
Strugi
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was returning to his departure point after he dropped wounded soldiers from the west front. En route, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. The pilot was injured and later lost consciousness, causing the airplane to crash near the village of Strugi. The pilot was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Polikarpov SKF in Lozovenka: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A3122
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Krutoyarovka - Izyum
Location:
Lozovenka
Kharkiv oblast
Country:
Ukraine
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Krutoyarovka on an ambulance flight to Izyum, carrying one pilot and two wounded soldiers. About five minutes into the flight, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a field, bursting into flames. The pilot was injured and unable to help both passengers who died in the burning wreckage.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Polikarpov U-2 off Sestroretsk: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-P575
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
0575
YOM:
1941
Location:
Sestroretsk
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While cruising at night, the pilot got lost and the airplane crash landed on the icy Gulf of Finland off Sestroretsk. The airplane was destroyed and both occupants were not found.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A668
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
7844
YOM:
1936
Location:
Leningrad
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Leningrad while engaged in the evacuation of wounded soldiers. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-A1264
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
16608
YOM:
1940
Location:
Leningrad
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in the region of Leningrad while engaged in the evacuation of wounded soldiers. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-K269
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kaptelovka - Andreapol
MSN:
13035
YOM:
1938
Location:
Leningrad
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was en route from Kaptelovka to Andreapol with two wounded soldiers and one pilot on board when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the region of Leningrad. A passenger was killed and both other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Leningrad: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L3104
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kaptelovka - Andreapol
MSN:
14364
YOM:
1939
Location:
Leningrad
Leningrad oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was en route from Kaptelovka to Andreapol with two wounded soldiers and one pilot on board when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the region of Leningrad. A passenger was killed and both other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Valday: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-K329
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kaptelovka - Andreapol
MSN:
16781
YOM:
1940
Location:
Valday
Novgorod oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing an ambulance flight from Kaptelovka to Andreapol with one pilot and an unspecified number of passengers, wounded soldiers who must be transferred. The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. The pilot was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Polikarpov S-3 near Lake Ilmen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Polikarpov Po-2
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-L2680
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Novgorod - Dobrosti
MSN:
12997
YOM:
1938
Location:
Lake Ilmen
Novgorod oblast
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing an ambulance flight from Novgorod (Yuryevo) to Dobrosti, carrying two wounded soldiers and one pilot. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Lake Ilmen. Both passengers were killed and the pilot was injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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