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| Date: | Sunday 31 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Handley Page Hampden |
| Owner/operator: | 2./24 MTAP Soviet Navy - Northern Fleet |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Vardö, Norway -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vayenga-1 Airfield |
| Vayenga-1 Airfield |
During a combat mission from Vayenga-1 Airfield, Hampden of 2./24 MTAP crashed N of Vardö into sea.
Crew (all killed):
Sergeant Ivan Sergeevich Dyatel (pilot)
Ml/Lt Ivan Wassiljewitsch Ignatev (navigator)
Lt Anatoly Alexeyevich Lobanov (radio operator, gunner)
Sailor Vasily Makarovich Kovtun (gunner
Sources:
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=76670826
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=77439331
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=77439513
https://obd-memorial.ru/html/info.htm?id=15970132
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2021 08:09 | JF | Added |
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