Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines

The airplane departed Bolshoi Dvor on a special flight on behalf of the army. En route, the crew encountered poor visibility due to heavy snow falls. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with a telegraph pole, lost its left wing and came to rest in a ditch. There were no casualties among the crew.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Kasnya. The pilot was killed and the passenger was injured.

The crew was supposed to convoy the airplane (delivery flight) from Pyatigorsk to Krasnodar with an intermediate stop in Vorochilovsk (now Stavropol). Prior to departure from Vorochilovsk, the crew estimated the weather conditions as suitable and took off at 1540LT for Krasnodar. Few minutes after takeoff, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was too low. Despite the situation, the pilot decided to continue in clouds when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a wooded area located south of the city. The pilot was killed and the flight engineer was injured.

Shortly after takeoff from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport, while climbing to a height of 20 metres, the right engine failed. The captain instructed the mechanic to raise the landing gear and elected to return for an emergency landing. For unknown reasons, the mechanic failed to raise the landing gear, which caused the aircraft to lose height. It collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area past the runway end. All five crew members escaped, among them both pilots were injured.

Shortly after takeoff from Vyazma-Dvoyevka Airport in the late evening, while in initial climb, the aircraft encountered serious difficulties to gain height, stalled and crashed in a field located 150 metres past the runway end. Upon impact, the passenger was thrown out and killed while all six crew members were injured. The airplane was outbound to Moscow-Vnukovo Airport.

The crew was returning to his base following a mail flight. While cruising in poor visibility at night, the crew was unable to locate their airport. After a four hours-flight, the crew abandoned the airplane that crashed beyond the enemy line. Both crew members were uninjured.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the village of Volosta-Pyatnitsa. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

The airplane departed Murmashi Airport in Murmansk on an ambulance flight to Arkhangelsk, carrying four wounded soldiers and one pilot. About two hours into the flight, the engine started to lose power and later failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a bog located 270 km southeast of Murmansk and came to rest upside down. All four passengers escaped injured while the pilot was killed. The aircraft was later destroyed by an unintentional fire set up by the passengers who were smoking around the wreckage.

The crew departed Leningrad-Komendantsky Airport on a special mission. En route, the airplane was hit by enemy fire. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a prairie, bursting into flames. All five crew members escaped uninjured.

The airplane departed Simferopol on a mail flight to Moscow, carrying two passengers and one pilot. En route, the pilot descended too low over terrain, causing the undercarriage to struck the ground. The airplane then hit two people working in the field and crashed 66 metres further, bursting into flames. Both passengers were seriously injured while the pilot and two people on the ground were killed. One of the passenger died from injuries sustained the following day.