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Date: | unk. date 1945 |
Time: | c |
Type: | Bell P-63C Kingcobra |
Owner/operator: | Soviet Air Force |
Registration: | 44-4315 |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Shumushu Island, Kuril Islands,Western Pacific -
Russia
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:44-4315 was one of six P36 Kingcobra wrecks recovered from the Kuril Islands, Western Pacific by the Hunt Brothers in 2003. The aircraft were used by the Russian Air Force against the Japanese during the 1945 'Manchurian Campaign' in WWII.
Sources:
Wings WWII Remembrance Museum, Balcombe Village, West Sussex.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra England.http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/bell-p-63c-kingcobra-restoration-wings-museum.html
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-63/44-4315.html Images:
'Wings WWII Remembrance Museum, Balcombe Village, West Sussex, England. - 8th June 2013
'Wings WWII Remembrance Museum, Balcombe Village, West Sussex, England. - 8th June 2013
'Wings WWII Remembrance Museum, Balcombe Village, West Sussex, England. - 8th June 2013
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30-Jun-2020 18:19 |
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01-Jul-2020 14:02 |
Peter Clarke |
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01-Jul-2020 18:33 |
Peter Clarke |
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19-Aug-2021 16:38 |
JF |
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