One of them – from the 1st squadron of the 444-th long-range aviation regiment – was wrecked in the night from 9 to 10 may 1942 during a tactical flight exercises due to the failure of the motor. Killed five crew members, including a senior Lieutenant Vasily Filimonov.
As emphasized in the “Aviapoisk”, is a special tragedy of these exercises is that that night crashed three DB-3 aircraft (two of composition 444-th DBAP, the third of the 303-th DBAP from the airport Khurba). A total of 13 people were killed aircrew.
“In the course of fieldwork, the remains of the crew members was not found, with the exception of fragments of scalp, and a single coin of 1930, several parachute buckles, and a parachute pack. The difficulty lies in the fact that the site of the crash in different years have robbed so hard and savagely that the soil from the hopper from falling was dug up several times”, – stated in the message Search Association.
the Second plane was discovered in the Amur area, near the former airfield “Filed”. The tragedy occurred on 6 January 1942. Then killed three crew members.
“At the crash site found the part numbers of the components of the aircraft, through which searchers have established their identity. Previously installed the graves of the pilots will be refined and ennobled,” in turn, the press service of the Eastern military district.
At the crash site of the aircraft will install a commemorative plaque.
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DB-3 (TSKB-30) – long-range bomber, developed in OKB-39 under the leadership of Sergei Ilyushin. The aircraft involved in the Soviet-Finnish war in winter 1939-1940, in the great Patriotic war and the defeat of the Kwantung army.
