Douglas A-20C Havoc, 41-19393 / 7795, Wings WWII Remembrance Museum
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Registration: 41-19393
Construction Number: 7795
Model Douglas A-20C Havoc
Operator: Wings WWII Remembrance Museum
Airport: Balcombe Village, West Sussex, UK - England
Photographer: Peter Clarke
Date Taken: 08/06/2013
Date Submitted: 01/05/2020
The aircraft had taken off from Salmiyarvy, Murmansk, Northern Russia and was on a patrol, escorted by eight Bell P-39's, when it was attacked and shot down by two Me. 109 fighters. It crash landed on the frozen Lake Ozero Memek-yavr, Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast, 78 km. West of Murmansk. The aircraft caught fire and burned out, sinking through the ice into the lake leaving only the tail section intact, which was recovered to the UK with various surviving items of the airframe in 2003 by the Hunt Brothers. The two aircrew J/Lt. Kykyushin, Pilot and Sgt. Vovronov were rescued the following day
Picture ID:1698849