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Old 17th September 2008, 20:19
Leendert Leendert is offline
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Re: Air combat over Bulgaria on 11th June 1944

Burdokva,

Pilot Ivan Bonev is mentioned in this article http://odin.prohosting.com/~vstoyano/Stoyanov%20Me109.htm
where he's credited with a shared B-24 on 1 August 1943.

The article itself seems an interesting read, and not only for Bonev.

In the book "In the Skies of Europe" by Hans Werner Neulen a reference is made to what you wrote: "Once again, there was an unpleasant incident on 11 June (1944), when a Bulgarian pilot was deliberately killed by American fighters while hanging helpless beneath his parachute."

Would this have been Bonev?

Regards,

Leendert
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