Incident Overview
Date: Monday 20 March 1944
Aircraft Type: Lisunov PS-84
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L3990
Location: near Yanovshchina, Krupki district, Minsk region –
ÿ Belarus
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
On a nighttime supply flight, an aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter aircraft during a covert operation behind German lines.On a nighttime supply flight, an aircraft was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter aircraft during a covert operation behind German lines.
Description
The aircraft operated on a night time supply flight from Staraya Toropa to partisans behind the German lines when it was shot down by a Luftwaffe fighter aircraft.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Unknown ? Possible aerial interception or misidentification.Unknown ? Possible aerial interception or misidentification.Share on:
