ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341727
| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Sig, Tver region -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Andreapol Air Base |
Descended very low over Lake Sig (Tver region) in order to evade the attack of two German fighters. A wing struck the water and the aircraft crashed into the lake. The wreck was found by divers around the millennium.
The airplane had departed Yedrovo Airport for Andreapol.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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