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Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft

Posted by Cees on Mon Jul 01, 2002 11:48:52 PM

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Hi All,

Some time ago I spoke to a friend of mine who has a lot of contacts in Europe regarding warbird parts etc. Apparently he was told by a friend of his that the Russians have a large collection of Luftwaffe aircraft somewhere on a secret airfield. The person he heard this from (I know, but this person is quite knowlegdable on the subject) and was actually there on personal invitation of Ivan Kozhedub some years ago, (the famous Russian ace).

It seemed that he was shown into a hangar and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a unique collection of all sorts of bombers, fighters etc as once used by the Luftwaffe and probably captured by the Russians.

Has anyone on this board heard stories similar to this one or knows more about this. I don't think it's a rumour but more a very well kept secret.

Cheers

Cees

Follow Ups:

• Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Dave Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:31:10 AM
  • Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Cees Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:45:31 AM
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• Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Tulio Tue Jul 02, 2002 03:33:53 AM
  • Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Cees Tue Jul 02, 2002 03:39:08 AM
    • Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Tulio Wed Jul 03, 2002 12:35:32 AM
      • Tulio, so do I N/T - Cees Wed Jul 03, 2002 04:40:19 AM
• Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Tony Tue Jul 02, 2002 04:08:57 AM
• Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - simon king Tue Jul 02, 2002 04:21:13 AM
  • Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Cees Tue Jul 02, 2002 04:34:48 AM
  • Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Kenneth Tue Jul 02, 2002 01:05:41 PM
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• Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - Mikael Olrog Tue Jul 02, 2002 10:00:56 AM
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• Re: Russian secret collection of Luftwaffe aircraft - simon king Wed Jul 03, 2002 04:08:22 AM