Last updated: 28 November 2021
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 November 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | CCCP-L928 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 120 km (75 mls) SW off Memel [Baltic Sea] ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The aircraft operated on a supply mission from Polan to target No. 36 of the NKGB, 80 km south-west of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) in poor weather at night. The aircraft went missing over the Baltic Sea somewhere off the coast of Eastern Prussia. Last contact with the aircraft was 120 km south-west off Memel (now Klaipeda, Lithuania).
Sources:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
