Lisunov LI-2 crash, Oct 15, 1944 (24 killed), Mt Gerlacho...
Lisunov LI-2 accident on October 15, 1944 near Mt Gerlachovský Prešov Region, Slovakia with 24 fatalities. Cause: Accounts cite very bad weather, and...
- Date: October 15, 1944
- Aircraft: Lisunov LI-2
- Location: Mt Gerlachovský Prešov Region, Slovakia
- Fatalities: 24
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Accounts cite very bad weather, and night flying in poor visibility with strong wind.
A Soviet Lisunov Li 2 transport carrying supplies and paratroopers of the 2nd Czechoslovak Parachute Brigade crashed just below the summit of Zadný Gerlach in the High Tatras during the night of 14 to 15 October 1944. Sources differ on the death toll.