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Re: DB-7/A-20's Diverted to Allied forces in the ME.
A-20C-10-DO, S/N: 42-33302 (C/N 6764) was shot down over Baracska-SW, Hungary on January 25, 1945 by German flak. R-2600-23 engines: 43-154911 & 43-103804. 17 VA, 244 BAD, 260 BAP, 2nd Sq. Nikolai Fedorovich Shapovalov crew was KIA. (4 KIA) Completed on January 27, 1943 in Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. February 20, 1943: Long Beach, Calif., U.S.A. April 5, 1945: USSR. Price: $78.929.00 (USD)
Between October 1, 1944 - July 1, 1945 the soviet 17 VA, 244 BAD used the following A-20C-10-DOs:
42-33151
42-33156
42-33238
42-33262
42-33289
42-33294
42-33302
42-33320
42-33326
42-33348
42-33359
42-33377
AC service cards only say after Long Beach: Russia. No info on delivery routes (S-Atlantic-Iran, or ALSIB.)
Gabor
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