Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 15 November 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L928
Location: 12 km SSW of Neustettin –
ÿ Poland
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Aircraft missing, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An aircraft carrying a supply mission crashed near Neustettin, Poland, due to poor weather conditions on a nighttime operation.An aircraft carrying a supply mission crashed near Neustettin, Poland, due to poor weather conditions on a nighttime operation.
Description
The aircraft operated on a supply mission from Palonai to target No. 36 of the NKGB, 80 km south-west of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) in poor weather at night. The aircraft crashed 12 km SSW of Neustettin (now Szczecinek in Poland)
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Poor weather conditions at night.Poor weather conditions at night.Share on:
