Date: | Thursday 18 May 1944 |
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Type: | Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
Registration: | CCCP-L833 |
MSN: | 11889 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 0,5 km N of Ploskin -
Belarus
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-47 transport plane operated on the return leg of a night-time supply flight for the "Kuibyshev" partisan unit. The pilot had the impression that the aircraft was attacked by a fighter and descended to a very low altitude. The wing collided with tree tops and the aircraft crashed in a forest 500 metres north of Ploskin in the Brest Region of Belarus. The aircraft caught fire and burnt out.
Sources:
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