Date & Time:
Aug 18, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41/SB 2)
Operator:
Registration:
16/17
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
Mongolia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While engaged in a combat mission against the Japanese forces along the border between Mongolia and China, the airplane was shot down by a Japanese fighter and crashed near Khalkhin Gol. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Grigory Mikhailovich Pyankov, pilot,
Cpt Mikhail Grigorievich Zhdanov, navigator,
Sgt Victor Fedorovich Stukalkin, radio operator.
Crew:
S/Lt Grigory Mikhailovich Pyankov, pilot,
Cpt Mikhail Grigorievich Zhdanov, navigator,
Sgt Victor Fedorovich Stukalkin, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.
