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Re: Russian flyers

Posted by Tom on Fri Oct 18, 2002 02:45:06 PM

In reply top Russian flyers posted by Chris Martin on Fri Oct 18, 2002 02:20:38 PM

Hi Chris, yes it is a PE-2, they pulled it out of a lake a while back, what's left of it is in great condition (wood doesn't last long in water ;) As for possible flyers it's a possibility that a certain gent restoring a Tempest II in England will get an IL2 flying but the other two types are somewhat thin on the ground, rebuild wise. There's plenty of projects around, Kermit had two Tu-2s with one up for sale recently but they just don't have the selling power of a Mossie or B-25 for example, very few people actually realise what happened over there in WWII unfortunately. Let's hope eh?

Tom ;)

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