Russian Aviation Necropolis of Great Britain

This page combines two related stories: the memorial at Great Ouseburn (North Yorkshire), marking the site of the April 1942 Flamingo air crash, and the lives of the Soviet officers killed there — Hero of the Soviet Union Major Sergei A. Asyamov and three members of the Soviet military mission in the United Kingdom.

The full Russian-language essay «Major Asyamov. The Interrupted Flight…» by independent researcher Roman Firsov is available below in Russian. The aircraft, a D.H.95 Flamingo of the RAF's No. 24 Squadron, exploded on the right engine and fell from 600 metres near the village of Great Ouseburn, killing all ten on board. Memorial plaques on Main Street, Great Ouseburn were unveiled in April 2012, supported by the Russian Embassy and the local council.

For full text and biographical detail, please switch to RU.