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Gabor and Zoran

Your remarks are correct and may be accounted to Opersvodkas
of 17 VA and 5 VA , not however to the Black Sea Fleet , also
the remark that BSF was no longer enganged with enemy forces
on that day which in case is correct this can only contribute to the
bizare outcome of this case .

The A-20 in question belonged and was listed as loss to the 2nd Sdq
of 30 KAP of BSF which was also known as 30th RSAP under
command of Col.Rojdensvensky and the aircraft was maritime
probably a J model .

So no real connection to 17th or 5 VA's. For your info Gabor the
260 BAP plane you mentioned as lost on mountain accident was flown
by Lt.Lopin (clarify why Plehanov ) and crashed some 45 Km of Sofia
and the one on Sept 22, 1944 was flown by Lt.Dmitriev possibly
due enemy involvement .

Alex K

PS: Saloniki would be on aprox on a 220 degree bearing from Gelendjik which
if flown on a direct course ,must have taken the a/c slightly over SSE of
Bulgaria and NNW of Turkey.