In the United States will establish a monument to Soviet pilots 11
In the United States, a monument to 11 will be erected to Soviet pilots who died while flying amphibious aircraft from the United States to the USSR during the Second World War. This was told by the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia to perpetuate the memory of those killed during the defense of the Fatherland Andrei Taranov.
The monument was erected in downtown Elizabeth City (North Carolina), reports Department of Information and mass communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
In memory of the courage of the Soviet pilots, it is also planned to install a commemorative plate on the territory of the US Coast Guard base.
The delegation of the Russian Ministry of Defense Office to perpetuate the memory of those killed in defending the Fatherland and the representative of the Russian military in organizing and conducting war memorial work in the United States visited Elizabeth City, where they met with the mayor and members of the city council, and presented a presentation of the memorial and memorial models plate, during which discussed the technical details of projects, in particular, the size of memorial objects.
The visit of the delegation is timed to the Day of Memory and Grief, which is held annually in Russia 22 June.
A memorial plaque and a monument will open for the general public another page of the joint stories two states.
Representatives of the mayor's office and officers of the US Coast Guard base promise assistance and administrative support in the installation of the memorial sign and monument, considering it their duty, a gesture of respect and admiration for the Soviet pilots who died during a dangerous mission during the war. driving job aviation techniques.
The leadership of the United States Department of Defense Agency for the Registration of Prisoners of War and Missing Persons is also actively involved in this work.
He also told that he managed to make copies of the original death certificates of five crew members who crashed a flying boat. It was also possible to find confirmation of the information that the remains of the British soldier (radio operator Nataros Peter) were sent for burial to the city of Toronto (Canada), the remains of the Soviet navigator (captain Levin Valentin Moiseevich) were sent to the USSR (according to the materials of the generalized database “Memorial "V. Levin was buried at the Don Cemetery in Moscow).
Currently, work is underway to search for the burial sites of the rest of the dead crew members, the relevant request for documents on the Zebra project in order to clarify the actual burial site of the Soviet military personnel has been handed over to representatives of the American side of the Commission during the next working meeting.
The monument was erected in downtown Elizabeth City (North Carolina), reports Department of Information and mass communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
In memory of the courage of the Soviet pilots, it is also planned to install a commemorative plate on the territory of the US Coast Guard base.
The delegation of the Russian Ministry of Defense Office to perpetuate the memory of those killed in defending the Fatherland and the representative of the Russian military in organizing and conducting war memorial work in the United States visited Elizabeth City, where they met with the mayor and members of the city council, and presented a presentation of the memorial and memorial models plate, during which discussed the technical details of projects, in particular, the size of memorial objects.
The visit of the delegation is timed to the Day of Memory and Grief, which is held annually in Russia 22 June.
A memorial plaque and a monument will open for the general public another page of the joint stories two states.
Representatives of the mayor's office and officers of the US Coast Guard base promise assistance and administrative support in the installation of the memorial sign and monument, considering it their duty, a gesture of respect and admiration for the Soviet pilots who died during a dangerous mission during the war. driving job aviation techniques.
The leadership of the United States Department of Defense Agency for the Registration of Prisoners of War and Missing Persons is also actively involved in this work.
For the first time, this issue was discussed by the Russian and American parties during the 20 plenary session of the Commission, which was held in May 2016 in Washington. Now we have already started the implementation of the project
–– noted Andrey Taranov. He also told that he managed to make copies of the original death certificates of five crew members who crashed a flying boat. It was also possible to find confirmation of the information that the remains of the British soldier (radio operator Nataros Peter) were sent for burial to the city of Toronto (Canada), the remains of the Soviet navigator (captain Levin Valentin Moiseevich) were sent to the USSR (according to the materials of the generalized database “Memorial "V. Levin was buried at the Don Cemetery in Moscow).
Currently, work is underway to search for the burial sites of the rest of the dead crew members, the relevant request for documents on the Zebra project in order to clarify the actual burial site of the Soviet military personnel has been handed over to representatives of the American side of the Commission during the next working meeting.
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