[HGabor]

Yeah, post-war cemeteries (their graves have been relocated!) often had typos on tombstones, probably this is not an exception either. When they were marked, the names had already been copied several times with full of mistakes. (His name was Gapanovich, but I also saw papers with Gaponovich. Both version is used.)

Your attached Boston pic "3" shows a 449 BAP A-20B on the airfield of Röjtökmuzsaj in Hungary in 1945, flown by commander Tyushevskii.

Gapanovich's A-20G Boston S/N: 43-21264 (C/n.: 20911) had a colorful (and finally tragic) story. During the Lend-lease delivery she had a landing accident in the village of Teslin (Yukon Territory, Canada) on March 30, 1944. The weather suddenly turned icy and dark so the plane - piloted by 1Lt. George C. Davis (O-502420, 3. OTU. HQ. Sq.) - ran off the runway with high speed along with 3 other P-39 fighters, which landed safely. (I have 16 photos of this plane and accident, as well as the official, 7 pages long A.A.F. accident report.) After repair, she continued her journey to Alaska and the CCCP across Siberia. Probably went to Moldavia, then to Hungary where she was lost on January 20, 1945 with the Gapanovich crew. According to the soviet mechanical documents, she was officially removed from the inventory of the 449 BAP by January 29, 1945.

Gabor