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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DK near Bled: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-93450
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langenlebarn – Udine – Venice – Rome
MSN:
13363
YOM:
1944
Location:
Bled
Upper Carniola (Gorenjska)
Country:
Slovenia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft was performing a military mail flight from Langenlebarn Airbase located northwest of Vienna to Rome, Italy, with intermediate stops in Udine and Venice, with three passengers and two pilots on board. After passing over Klagenfurt, south Austria, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and entered by mistake into the Yugoslav airspace. Shortly later, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot (Vladimir Vodopivec) of a Yugoslav Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located near Bled, killing all five occupants. The registration 42-93450 is not confirmed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Yugoslav Air Force fighter following the violation of the Yugoslav airspace.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero near Pokljuka: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Location:
Pokljuka
Upper Carniola (Gorenjska)
Country:
Slovenia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Vergiate Airport, north of Milan, on a delivery flight to Romania, carrying three crew members. While cruising over Slovenia, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. The airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Pokljuka, north of Slovenia. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Adriano Bacula,
Lt Luigi Morizzi,
Cpt Dimitriescu.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain while cruising in heavy snow falls.

Crash of a Spartan Cruiser II in Hrušica: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 15, 1936 at 0550 LT
Type of aircraft:
Spartan Cruiser
Operator:
Registration:
YU-SAP
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Belgrade – Zagreb – Ljubljana – Susak
MSN:
1
YOM:
1935
Flight number:
627
Location:
Hrušica
Upper Carniola (Gorenjska)
Country:
Slovenia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The takeoff was delayed due to two passengers who arrived late at the airport. At 0545LT, the three engine airplane named 'Nis' departed Ljubljana on a flight to Susak which was the final leg of a flight from Belgrade to Susak with intermediate stops in Zagreb and Ljubljana. While climbing in limited visibility due to fog, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed five minutes after takeoff in Hrušica, some 55 km northwest of the city of Ljubljana. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Mihailo Jaroshenko, pilot,
Tomislav Anušić, radio operator.
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