Word: drava
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reported itself over Zagreb about on schedule, but Yugoslav radio monitors later computed that it was actually over Varazdin, 40 miles away (see map) ; apparently the pilot had mistaken the Drava for the Sava...
Near Beli Manastir, where the Drava flows close to Hungary, the plane reportedly was fired on by Hungarian ground batteries. As it approached Recita, in Rumania, it was fired on again. The 6026 wheeled around, crossed into Hungary at Gyula, according to Radio Moscow. "However," said Radio Moscow, "the plane then got into the zone of the Soviet Air Force stationed in Hungary...
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