ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202948
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| Date: | Sunday 14 December 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Petlyakov Pe-3 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 APDR Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shiryaikha, Gagarinsky District, Smolensk Oblast -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 14 December 1941 a Pe-3 of 2 APDR did not return from a mission. Its crew, Kapitan Alexei Ivanovich Klimanov (squadron commander) and Kapitan Vasily Konstantinovich Politykin (squadron navigator) was posted missing.
In 1961, near the village of Shiryaikha, Gagarinsky rayon, a crash site was searched. Human remains were found and documents allowed them to be identified as Politykin. He was buried in a mass grave at the military cemetery No.11 in Byvalitsy.
In 1987 the burial place of the pilot, Klimanov, was found. His remains were buried in the same cemetery where buried as his navigator.
Sources:
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=00000001659
http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=00000001660
http://www.mbendi.com/a_sndmsg/place_view.asp?pid=2934736
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=37399663
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2017 14:46 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 02-Jul-2021 10:10 | JF | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Nov-2021 10:23 | JF | Updated [Registration, Location, Source] |
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