Date: | Thursday 13 January 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
Registration: | CCCP-L837 |
MSN: | 9615 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Svoryn -
Belarus
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-47 operated on a supply flight for the Sikorski partisan unit in the area of Svoryn, Brest Region of Belarus. The airstrip was short and soaked. Attempting to take off the pilot tried to lift off at low speed. The left wing hit the ground and the crashed. As the accident happened behind the German lines the damaged aircraft had to be abandoned.
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