Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 17 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake Sig, Tver region -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Andreapol Air Base |
Narrative:Descended very low over Lake Sig (Tver region) in order to evade the attack of two German fighters. A wing struck the water and the aircraft crashed into the lake. The wreck was found by divers around the millennium.
The airplane had departed Yedrovo Airport for Andreapol.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Revision history:
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