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Re: There I was thinking I had found a new one to investigate..
Posted by Dave on Wed Apr 30, 2003 06:09:27 AM
In reply top There I was thinking I had found a new one to investigate.. posted by Paul McMillan on Wed Apr 30, 2003 04:23:52 AM
: 6th Oct 1944
:
: "On a night mission in which 9 Junkers Ju-88A-4 of PLeLv 4
: 4 (Finnish Air Force) bombed Rovaniemi, JK-260 lost its wa
: y and ditched in a small lake south of Leningrad - 3 crew
: members drowned"
Paul
Friends in Finland / Russia spent some time investigating the location last year. Pilot is still alive in Finland , but will not talk about it ... not surprising when all his crew were killed and he spent 10 years in a Russian prison ... after par-taking in a mission that had them bombing their own base by mistake and running out of gas !!! Not likely he would remember which of the many lakes he put down on anyway ;-0
Unfortunately the location of the lake has yet to be determined ..
Dave