Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 14 September 1943
Aircraft Type: Lisunov PS-84
Owner/operator: Aeroflot
Registration Number: CCCP-L4012
Location: near Toropa, Vitebsk region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: The aircraftThe aircraft
On a return supply flight for partisans in Belarus, an attack by a German Messerschmitt Bf 110 resulted in a fire and subsequent crash of the aircraft near Toropa in the Vitebsk Region.On a return supply flight for partisans in Belarus, an attack by a German Messerschmitt Bf 110 resulted in a fire and subsequent crash of the aircraft near Toropa in the Vitebsk Region.
Description
The aircraft operated on the return leg of a supply flight for partisans in Belarus when it was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 110 of the German Air Force. A fire erupted and the aircraft crashed near Toropa in the Vitebsk Region of Belarus, close to the front-line.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
A German Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft attack.A German Messerschmitt Bf 110 aircraft attack.Share on:
