ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340469
| Date: | Saturday 18 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | CCCP-L825 |
| MSN: | 9436 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 557 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km SW of Ramenye -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47 operated on a supply flight from Staraya Toropa in the Zapadnaya Dvina District of the Kalinin Region for partisans in the area of Lake Lubans in eastern Latvia behind the German lines. The flight crew was not able to find the target area due to low clouds and fog. It was decided to return to Staraya Toropa, where a landing was attempted in low clouds and snowfall conditions. The aircraft crashed in a meadow 1 km south-west of Ramenye (Peno District of the Kalinin Region).
Sources:
Soviet Transports
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