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Re: Hamdpen's of 144 Sqn and 455 Sqn

Posted by Christer on Sun Dec 02, 2001 10:32:55 AM

In reply top Hamdpen's of 144 Sqn and 455 Sqn posted by Paul McMillan on Sat Dec 01, 2001 11:25:10 AM

Paul and all,
names in northern Sweden are Lappish and some of them have swedish counterparts or translations. It seem like I?ve made a mistake when stating the name of the lake as ARVIDSJAUR. It should be ARVESJAURE which is situated close to ARVESTUOTTAR. (The names in Lappish are ?RVESJ?VVRE and ?RVESDUODDAR respectively.)
:
: 1) P1273/PL-? 144 Sqn. Missing (Set on fire by fighters; a
: bandoned and crashed in swamp near Petsamo, Finland (now i
: n Russia)- Could this one be the one listed in Lake ARVIDS
: JAUR?) 5 Crew POWs. Note this website has Lake Arvidsjaur
: as an ice-fishing location, so how much of a swamp is it??
:
This should read Lake ARVEDJAURE and it?s a lake and I?m sure that ice-fishing is an option there as well!?
There is marshland and swamps in the area as well but ARVEDSJAURE is a lake.
As I understand it Petsamo is situated further north, some 350-450 km, where the borders of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia are close together.
In my opinion these two locations could not be confused.

Regards,
Christer

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