[HGabor]

On September 26, 1944 the 17 VA, 244 BAD, 260 BAP had in fact three incidents, not just one:

-Leonid Andreevich Gruzinskii crew at Vratsa, Bulgaria in accident.
-Nikolai Illarionovich Lopin crew in accident during weather recce. flight.
-Boris Vladimirovich Plehanov crew at Sofia-E, Bulgaria in accident, S/N: 43-9782, engines: 43-107007, 43-104434.

Since only one serial is given, the planes of the other two crews were probably not permanent losses. Perhaps the different records messed up the crews and their planes, if there was only one permanent loss, not three. 244 BAD diary - mentions indeed the 260 BAP Lopin-Klimovskii-Chapligin-Bashtirov crew missing on a weather recce. mission. But what about the other 2 crews and their planes? 43-9782 was linked to the Plehanov crew, so I don't know.

Other known losses on September 25, 1944:

- 5 VA, 14 GvIAD, 177 GvIAP La-5FN, S/N: 39211782, shot down at Torda/Turda, Romania, piloted by Gv.Ml.Lt Ivan Andreevich Poplutin (KIA).
- 5 VA, 6 GvIAD, 73 GvIAP Yak-1B, S/N: 28179 on Lugos/Lugoj airfield in Romania, destroyed on the ground between 07:18-07:40. (No pilot!)
- 5 VA, 6 GvIAD, 85 GvIAP Yak-9D, S/N: 1515399 on Lugos/Lugoj airfield in Romania, destroyed on the ground between 07:18-07:40. (No pilot!)
- 5 VA, 6 GvIAD, 85 GvIAP Yak-1B, S/N: 02175 on Lugos/Lugoj airfield in Romania, destroyed on the ground between 07:18-07:40. (No pilot!)

But these were not Bostons...
Gabor