Air crash near Vyazma
Unknown · Aircraft collision with the ground
From Vyazma to Polish territories occupied by the Germans
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- Unknown
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 3
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Unknown
Unknown
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From VyazmaTo Polish territories occupied by the Germans
Approximate · Estimated position: Vyazma, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
Air crash near Vyazma – the crash of an aircraft scheduled to fly from Vyazma in the USSR to Polish territories occupied by the Germans on 26 September 1941.
The purpose of the flight was to transport 12 people, activists of the so-called PPR Initiative Group, organised in Moscow under the auspices of the Communist International. It was intended to transport them from the territory of the USSR to the area of Polish lands occupied by the Germans and drop them by parachute.
On 26 September 1941, after taking off from the airfield in Vyazma, the aircraft suffered an accident, falling to the ground. As a result of the injuries sustained, Jan Turlejski died on the spot, before he could be transported to a medical aid station (he was buried in the vicinity of Vyazma). The remaining members of the group, including some who were injured, returned to Moscow after the accident.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Polish Wikipedia article “Katastrofa lotnicza pod Wiaźmą” (revision 72904017, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Polish Wikipedia article: Katastrofa lotnicza pod Wiaźmą
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 72904017 · 2024-02-17 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q56326445
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- pl Wikipedia article "Katastrofa lotnicza pod Wiaźmą" (page 4166734, revision 72904017), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Polish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.