Accident Handley Page Hampden ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 268401
 
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Date:Saturday 10 April 1943
Time:
Type:Handley Page Hampden
Owner/operator:1./24 MTAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Tanafjord -   Norway
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Vayenga-1 Airfield
Destination airport:Vayenga-1 Airfield
Narrative:
Hampden of 1./24 MTAP was shot down in aerial combat over Tanafjord, Norway.

Crew (all killed):
Starshina Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin (pilot)
Starshina Nikolai Gerasimovich Rolenko (navigator)
Sergeant Alexander Alekseevich Mironov (radio operator, gunner)
Sergeant Pavel Anatolievich Meksin (gunner)


Sources:

https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521743
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521744
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521745
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76521746
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanafjord

Revision history:

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