Russian loss on 18/4 1945

[Kari Lumppio]

Hello Pawel and others too!

Good info. I used my Russian-Estonian vocabulary (because it's more comprehensive than my Russian-Finnish one) and it gave only "more - sea" and "maliy - small" for the "m.". "Mesto" is surely the right one though. Thanks.

Kari

[Pawel Burchard]

Kari, just remembered from my russian lessons in high school city is 'gorod' actually but m. is probably for 'mestnost' or village, spot

Pawel

[Soren Flensted]

Thank you for yor help. By the way, what does MTAP mean ?

[Delmenhorst]

Hi Søren
Check www.bellabs.ru/51/Photos/_Equipment.html and enjoy
Carsten

[Pawel Burchard]

Originally Posted by Soren Flensted

what does MTAP mean ?

Well, it is минно-торпедный авиационный полк (minno-torpednyi aviatsionnyi polk) or sth. like mine-torpedo aviation regiment.

all the best,
Pawel

[Andrey Dikov]

Gentlemen, your versions are incorrect. Here "m." could have only two meanings:

1. "mys" = cape
2. "mayak" = lighthouse ("majakka", Kari)

I don't remember what exactly they wrote mentioning Bruesterort, but it seems they meant Bruesterort lighthouse. I can look at my recordings at home, if needed.

[Soren Flensted]

Hi
A Russian reading friend of mine from Poland translated it to Bruesteort Lighthouse. We are now contacting the chap who runs the home page to get futher info about the plane that went down in the sea.

[Andrey Dikov]

Hello,

I've looked at my records and I can say that that particular loss of A-20 has location descripted as "mys Bruesterort" exactly (Bruesterort cape).

But nevertheless this is too far from Bornholm.

VVS KBF concentrated its attacks on Pillau - Koenigsberg area at that day and suffered almost all losses there.

There are two machines, which were missed in unidentified place - one Boston of 15 orap KBF and one Boston of 51 mtap KBF. They flew a recce flights over western part of Baltic sea and hadn't return to bases.

If 'your' aircraft fell to the sea in the afternoon, then the Boston of 15 orap is not an option as far as it took off on morning. Thus, 'your' aircraft is A-20-DO of 51 mtap (Lt.Koltashenko), which took off around 15:00 (14:00 in German time).

Have you any further details about crash?