| Date: June 4, 1940 |
Survivors: Corporal Indrikis Morkans |
Fatalities: Sgt. Janis Ozols |
Aircraft Involved: Stampe & Vertongen SV-5 # 111 |
Location: Gulbene |
Details:
- The aircraft left the ground and, when the pilot turned the plane suddenly while still at low atltitude,
it fell into a spin and struck the ground with the engine still running.
- The aircraft was totally destroyed. Sgt.Ozols perished, and Corporal Morkans sustained serious injuries.
- Ozols, the passenger, was not a member of the Aviation Regiment but rather was serving with the
Chemical weapons unit.
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