The crash of IL-18 in Belgrade - the crash of an IL-18 plane of the Soviet Air Force during a landing approach at the airport of Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ), which killed a Soviet military delegation flying to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from German occupants .
| The disaster near Belgrade | |
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 Monument to Soviet war veterans erected at the crash site | |
| General information | |
| date | October 19, 1964 |
| Character | Collision with Avala Mountain |
| Cause | Crew error |
| A place |  near Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ) |
| Aircraft | |
 IL-18V , similar in design to the crashed | |
| Model | IL-18V |
| Affiliation |  USSR Air Force , 8 ADON |
| Departure point |  Sheremetyevo , Moscow ( USSR ) |
| Destination | Belgrade ( Yugoslavia ) |
| Board number | USSR-75668 |
| Passengers | eleven |
| Crew | 7 |
| Dead | 18 (all) |
6 days before the disaster, on October 13 , this plane with the same crew delivered astronauts Vladimir Komarov , Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Yegorov from Kostanay to the Baikonur Cosmodrome after they landed on the Voskhod-1 ship. [one]
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Causes of the disaster
As a result of the fact that the plane simultaneously deviated from the landing course and went below the glide path , when landing at the airport of the city of Belgrade, it collided with Mount Avala 180 meters from its top and exploded.
The Dead
As a result of the disaster, 18 people died (according to other sources 33 [2] ), including 7 members of the delegation and 16 crew members ( 11 are listed on the memorial plaque ):
Members of the delegation:
- Biryuzov, Sergey Semenovich — Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union, chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR — first deputy minister of defense of the USSR.
- Mironov, Nikolai Romanovich - major general, head of the administrative department of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
- Zhdanov, Vladimir Ivanovich - Colonel General, Hero of the Soviet Union, Head of the Military Academy of Armored Forces.
- Shkodunovich, Nikolai Nikolaevich - Lieutenant General, Deputy Head of the Military Academy. Frunze.
- Kravtsov, Ivan Kondratievich - Lieutenant General of the reserve, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Bocharov, Leonid Porfirevich - retired major general.
- Sheludko, Grigory Timofeevich - lieutenant colonel, senior adjutant to the chief of the General Staff - first deputy minister of defense of the USSR.
Memory of the Dead
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| Memorial to those killed in a plane crash | |
- In Belgrade on Mount Avala , a monument to Soviet war veterans was erected in memory of the victims.
- Marshal Biryuzov is buried in Red Square near the Kremlin wall .
- The dead were buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow: [3]
- Belyaev Gennady Andreevich
- Bocharov Leonid Porfirievich
- Ermakov Evgeny Vasilievich
- Efimov Alexey Vavilovich
- Zhdanov Vladimir Ivanovich
- Zhebelev Nikolay Andreevich
- Ischenko Vladimir Dmitrievich
- Kachalkin Valentin Fedorovich
- Kravtsov Ivan Kondratievich
- Kuzmina Tamara Sergeevna
- Kuryshev Gennady Nikolaevich
- Mironov Nikolay Romanovich
- Molin Oleg Sergeevich
- Sysuev Mikhail Petrovich
- Chernenko Valentin Vasilievich
- Sheludko Grigory Timofeevich
- Shkodunovich Nikolay Nikolaevich