The plane was en route from Tallinn to Helsinki when it was downed by Soviet bombers on June 14, 1940.
A World War II-era mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Finnish passenger plane carrying American and French diplomatic couriers that was shot down over the Baltic Sea appears to have been solved more than eight decades later.The plane was en route from Tallinn to Helsinki when it was downed by Soviet bombers on June 14, 1940 – just three months after Finland signed a peace treaty with Moscow following the 1939-40 Winter War. It was also days before Moscow annexed the Baltic states.
Kent, shared a post on X that included photos of Antheil, Kaleva and a memorial plaque by the American Foreign Service Association in Washington with Antheil's name engraved in it.Kaleva was carrying 227 kilograms of diplomatic post, including Antheil's pouches and material from two French diplomatic couriers — identified as Paul Longuet and Frederic Marty.
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