Date & Time:
Aug 23, 1939 at 1037 LT
Type of aircraft:
Tupolev ANT-40 (PS-40/PS-41/SB 2)
Operator:
Registration:
27/12
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
Mongolia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While engaged in a combat mission against the Japanese forces along the border between Mongolia and China, the airplane was shot down by the Japanese Flak and crashed near Khalkhin Gol. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Fedor Timofeevich Makeev, pilot, †
S/Lt Konstantin Sergeevich Ivanov, navigator, †
Lt Andrey Semenovich Filippov, radio operator.
Crew:
Lt Fedor Timofeevich Makeev, pilot, †
S/Lt Konstantin Sergeevich Ivanov, navigator, †
Lt Andrey Semenovich Filippov, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the Japanese Flak.
