A-20 "Za Stalina " loss 30.1.1944 Evpatoria

[researcher111]

Yes I agree that are many open questions even as into the clothing
of the deceased airman which I can't answer , I am not certain but
I think Tokarev was the single to die on that crash, why he was
laying dead on the aircraft's dome only his crew can answer . His
entire crew fled from the crash site and Tokarev's body was left
behind . The villagers buried his body late night .

What I can answer is that Tokarev had little flt.training on A-20 and some
people attributed the failed torpedo and the later crash to this issue .

As into the Germans seasonal clothing I fully disagree with you !

Finally here are a few hinds matching Tokarev's crash event :

1) The left wing and stabilizer badly hit ( mentioned on the German report)
2) According vets of BSF Flt School Yeisk only his A-20 was named
"Za Stalina " .

3) The A-20 seen on the photo was part of late 1943 delivery to the BSF from
Jukovsky after naval modifications .

4) The Krasnodar Kuban Kazak soldier seen along with the German soldiers is
perhaps an other clue as into the crash location

5) According German Navy reports the A-20 crashed NE of Evpatoria
while making a hard belly landing which is matched on the photo.

6) Photo posted on Ebay was labelled as taken in Crimea early 1944

Finally I did not post this photo at ScaleModels Russia but at Russian
Naval Forum which probably copied the thread into theirs .


Alex K