The authorities of the city of Artyom, Primorsky Territory, began to check information about burials on the graves of military pilots. A representative of the city district administration said that it was decided to erect a joint obelisk in honor of the airmen RIA News.
The day before, the Primorsky regional public organization “Search Association” AviaPoisk” reported on the graves found above the graves of the crew of the Tu-14T torpedo bomber. This crew was accidentally shot down by its fighters in the area of u200bu200bBaldy Dede Mountain on December 3, 1954. In the images published on the Telegram channel of the organization Preserved parts of the fence are also visible, as well as a monument to one of the Tu-14T crew members.
It is stated in the video that another crew member’s grave was found nearby. It is stated that there is no visible trace of a monument in this area and two people were buried here in 2015 and 2020. The Primorye prosecutor’s office began checking the information received.
A representative of AviaPoisk stated that the exact location where the joint monument will be installed has not yet been chosen. The organization reported that due to a fire in the late 1950s, all wooden and some metal monuments in the Knevichansky cemetery were destroyed, making it difficult to determine the exact boundaries of the pilots’ burials. Installing a single memorial sign with the names of those killed is seen as the only correct and most appropriate solution.
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