A Cold War mystery
Jul 29, 1999
By Daniel SIlva
Almost 50 years ago, the Soviet military shot down an American plane off the coast of Latvia. Ten airmen disappeared. Daniel Silva reports on the search for their whereabouts. At first, the body Vilnis Rubezis found at the beach did not seem any different from the other corpses he had seen wash ashore. It was 1950, and everything from parts of ships and personal belongings to actual bodies was a common sight on the Latvian coast, the result of failed attempts to escape the Red Army that now occu ...
The article you requested can be accessed only by subscribing to the online version of
The Baltic Times. If you are already subscribed to
The Baltic Times, please log on using the form on the top of the page. If you do not have a membership yet - please
subscribe