Crash of a Douglas C-47 into the Baltic Sea: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 15, 1944
Registration:
CCCP-L928
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
On a supply mission from Polan (30 km southeast of Šiauliai) to target No. 36 of the NKGB 80 km southwest of Danzig in poor weather by night when was lost over the Baltic Sea somewhere off the coast of Eastern Prussia. The last contact with the aircraft was 120 km southwest of Memel. All 5 crew and both passengers (NKGB officers) were considered as deceased as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.