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A-20 crash on the Konovalovsky Uval

13 Sept 1943 · Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Douglas A-20 Havoc

From Sverdlovsk to Kazan

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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
3 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
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
0
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
Military

Douglas A-20 Havoc

Aircraft type
Douglas A-20
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
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
3
Route
From SverdlovskTo Kazan

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The A-20 crash on the Konovalovsky Uval was an aviation accident involving an A-20 Boston aircraft that occurred on 13 September 1943 on the Konovalovsky Uval ridge in Sverdlovsk Oblast, 50 kilometres southwest of Sverdlovsk. Three servicemen were on board. All were killed.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Крушение A-20 на Коноваловском увале” (revision 150406252, 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

Russian Wikipedia article: Крушение A-20 на Коноваловском увале
Article
Крушение A-20 на Коноваловском увале
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
150406252 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q120268742
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
ru Wikipedia article "Крушение A-20 на Коноваловском увале" (page 10100422, revision 150406252), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Reviewed correction (2026-09-19): The infobox gives 3 September 1943; the Russian article's text gives 13 September 1943 three times and files the crash under the category "Events of 13 September".
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A wartime A-20 flight with only servicemen on board, which makes it a military flight. The article: "Three servicemen were on board."
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.