{"id":7377,"date":"2022-08-02T04:12:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/?p=7377"},"modified":"2022-08-02T04:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:30:14","slug":"lidmasina-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-asv-bumbvedejs-baltijas-jura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/","title":{"rendered":"Airplane Douglas A-20 (Boston, Heavok) US bomber in the Gulf of Riga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Contents\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/#Ka_ASV_lidmasina_%E2%80%93_bumbvedejs_Douglas_A20_nokluva_Baltijas_jura_Rigas_juras_lici\" >How did the US plane - bomber Douglas A20 get into the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Riga?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/#Lidmasinas_Douglas_A-20_tehniskie_dati\" >Douglas A-20 aircraft technical data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/#Lidmasinas_Douglas_A-20_vesture\" >History of the Douglas A-20<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/#Lidmasinas_Douglas_A-20_vraks_Rigas_Juras_lici\" >Wreck of the Douglas A-20 plane in the Gulf of Riga<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/#Nirsana_uz_Douglas_A-20_lidmasinu_Rigas_juras_lici\" >Diving on a Douglas A-20 airplane, in the Gulf of Riga<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/#Uzzini_vairak_par_nirsanu_uz_vrakiem_Baltijas_jura\" >Learn more about wreck diving in the Baltic Sea<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ka_ASV_lidmasina_%E2%80%93_bumbvedejs_Douglas_A20_nokluva_Baltijas_jura_Rigas_juras_lici\"><\/span>How did the US plane - bomber Douglas A20 get into the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Riga?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The American bomber Douglas A-20 (also &quot;Boston&quot;, &quot;Heavok&quot;) is one of the famous series of aircraft that the United States lent to the Red Army to fight fascism at the end of World War II. Douglas A-20 aircraft were used by Soviet pilots as bombers and aerial reconnaissance aircraft. The Douglas A-20 aircraft, a US military aid, played a particularly large role in naval aviation, where aircraft were used to drop torpedo-mines at enemy ships from a height. The US government supplied 3,128 different modifications of the Douglas A-20 to the Red Army.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lidmasinas_Douglas_A-20_tehniskie_dati\"><\/span>Douglas A-20 aircraft technical data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The plane fell into the Gulf of Riga on November 27, 1943<\/li>\n<li>Two Wright R-2600-7 Double Cyclone air-cooled, radial engines with turbochargers, 1700 hp each<\/li>\n<li>Width 18.69 m<\/li>\n<li>Length 14.63 m<\/li>\n<li>Height 4.80 m<\/li>\n<li>Wing area 43.10 m\u00b2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/lidmasina-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-asv-bumbvedejs-baltijas-jura\/nirsana-uz-militaro-asv-lidmasinu-douglas-a-20-rigas-juras-lici\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7384\" src=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-300x173.jpg?v=1706275264 300w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-768x444.jpg?v=1706275264 768w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-18x10.jpg?v=1706275264 18w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-230x133.jpg?v=1706275264 230w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-350x202.jpg?v=1706275264 350w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-480x277.jpg?v=1706275264 480w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-ASV-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici.jpg?v=1706275264 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lidmasinas_Douglas_A-20_vesture\"><\/span>History of the Douglas A-20<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The plane was found with the help of side-view sonar in the Gulf of Riga in 2008, following information about torn nets marked on fishermen&#039;s maps.<\/li>\n<li>The pilot&#039;s tablet was highlighted, which contained flight route maps, chocolate, a letter, and the name of the Red Army, Russian pilot - Letunovskiy Petr Vasilievich was obtained.<\/li>\n<li>The German army reported \u201c1943. on November 27, the plane &quot;<strong>Douglas A-20<\/strong>\u201d attacked a German army ship \u201c<strong>Robert Muller<\/strong>\u201d at <strong>Lighthouses of Uzhava<\/strong>. The plane dropped a torpedo that exploded 20 meters from the ship&#039;s side. The aircraft opened machine gun fire and headed east. The plane crash in the Gulf of Riga near Vec\u0101kai was observed by planes of the 1st Air Fleet of the German Army. Two officers and a sergeant were taken prisoner.&quot;<\/li>\n<li>1942-1944 German rear admiral B\u00f6hmer was in command in 2008, who led all naval operations of the German fleet against the Baltic fleet of the Red Army. It appeared from Boehmer&#039;s report that <strong>Douglas A-20<\/strong> the crew of the plane that fell into the sea near Vec\u0101kai on that day, November 27, 1943, survived and were taken prisoner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/lidmasina-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-asv-bumbvedejs-baltijas-jura\/nirsana-uz-douglas-asv-ww2-lidmasina\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7382\" src=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Diving on a Douglas US WW2 aircraft\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-300x169.jpg?v=1706275265 300w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-1024x576.jpg?v=1706275265 1024w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-768x432.jpg?v=1706275265 768w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-1536x864.jpg?v=1706275265 1536w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-18x10.jpg?v=1706275265 18w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-1000x563.jpg?v=1706275265 1000w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-230x129.jpg?v=1706275265 230w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-350x197.jpg?v=1706275265 350w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina-480x270.jpg?v=1706275265 480w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-Douglas-ASV-WW2-lidmasina.jpg?v=1706275265 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lidmasinas_Douglas_A-20_vraks_Rigas_Juras_lici\"><\/span>Wreck of the Douglas A-20 plane in the Gulf of Riga<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The wreckage of the plane is located at a depth of 20 meters, eight kilometers from Vec\u0101ki. It is located 15 minutes away from the yacht club &quot;Auda&quot; by &quot;RIB&quot; boat.<\/li>\n<li>The tail of the plane is broken, located approximately 100 meters from the wreckage.<\/li>\n<li>The bottom of the sea is sandy, sea crabs and fish moved on it.<\/li>\n<li>The cables in the wings of the plane are cut, this indicates an attempt to lift the plane out of the sea, however, to the divers&#039; delight, it did not succeed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7385\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/lidmasina-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-asv-bumbvedejs-baltijas-jura\/nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-douglas-a-20-rigas-juras-lici\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7385 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"US military plane Douglas A-20\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-300x200.jpg?v=1706275264 300w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-768x512.jpg?v=1706275264 768w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-18x12.jpg?v=1706275264 18w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-230x153.jpg?v=1706275264 230w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-350x233.jpg?v=1706275264 350w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-480x320.jpg?v=1706275264 480w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici-272x182.jpg?v=1706275264 272w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nirsana-uz-militaro-lidmasinu-Douglas-A-20-RIgas-juras-lici.jpg?v=1706275264 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US military plane Douglas A-20<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nirsana_uz_Douglas_A-20_lidmasinu_Rigas_juras_lici\"><\/span>Diving on a Douglas A-20 airplane, in the Gulf of Riga<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The sunken airplane &quot;Douglas A-20&quot; is located at a depth of 20 meters, it is an airplane with a broken tail, which is located approximately 100 meters from the hull and rests on the sandy bottom of the sea.<\/li>\n<li>A lot of different fish usually live on the wrecks, they form a beautiful and interesting underwater ecosystem. Diving is useful for researchers of various Baltic Sea fish and history buffs!<\/li>\n<li>Diving to the wreck sunken in the Gulf of Riga takes place in the summer, in good weather conditions. It is mandatory to apply in advance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/lidmasina-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-asv-bumbvedejs-baltijas-jura\/lidmasina-douglas-a-20\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7386\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7386\" src=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-300x225.jpg?v=1706275263 300w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-768x576.jpg?v=1706275263 768w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-16x12.jpg?v=1706275263 16w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-230x172.jpg?v=1706275263 230w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-350x262.jpg?v=1706275263 350w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20-480x360.jpg?v=1706275263 480w, https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lidmasina-Douglas-A-20.jpg?v=1706275263 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visible distance in water 1-3 meters, to see the wreck, it is necessary to use an underwater light.<\/li>\n<li>The water temperature in summer, in the month of July, is 18C.<\/li>\n<li>A diver&#039;s certificate is required to dive on an aircraft &quot;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/padi-open-water-diver-owd\/\">Advanced Open Water Diver<\/a><\/strong>\u201d, instructor preparation in the course \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/wreck-diver\/\"><strong>Wreck diver<\/strong><\/a>\u201c, instruction and supervision in diving.<\/li>\n<li>Diving to several historical wrecks in the Baltic Sea, WW2 viewing takes place every summer.<br \/>\nCoordinates: yacht club &quot;Auda&quot; (RIB boat pier)<br \/>\nApply for diving on ships in the Baltic Sea - Tel\/WhatsApp 220-77-202 or <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/goto\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daivings\"  >https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/daivings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Uzzini_vairak_par_nirsanu_uz_vrakiem_Baltijas_jura\"><\/span>Learn more about wreck diving in the Baltic Sea<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/category\/kugu-vraki\/\">Wrecks of ships and planes in the Baltic Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/baltijas-jura-atrasts-otra-pasaules-kara-bumbvedeja-douglas-db-7-bostona-20-havoc-vraks\/\">The wreckage of a World War II bomber has been found at a depth of 100 meters in the Baltic Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did the US plane - bomber Douglas A20 get into the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Riga? The American bomber Douglas A-20 (also \u201cBoston\u201d, \u201cHeavok\u201d) is one of the famous series of aircraft that the United States lent to the Red Army to fight fascism, World War II [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1591],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kugu-vraki"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lidma\u0161\u012bna Douglas A-20 (Boston, Heavok) ASV bumbved\u0113js R\u012bgas j\u016bras l\u012bc\u012b - Daivings.lv<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/aircraft-douglas-a-20-boston-heavok-us-bomber-baltic-jura\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lidma\u0161\u012bna Douglas A-20 (Boston, Heavok) ASV bumbved\u0113js R\u012bgas j\u016bras l\u012bc\u012b - Daivings.lv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"K\u0101 ASV lidma\u0161\u012bna &#8211; bumbved\u0113js Douglas A20 nok\u013cuva Baltijas j\u016br\u0101, R\u012bgas j\u016bras l\u012bc\u012b? 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Has participated in many diving expeditions, is interested in ecology and how climate change affects the underwater world.","url":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daivings.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}