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Tupolev SB side view

Tupolev SB

This Tupolev SB 2M-100A with the tail number «1 Yellow» belonging to an unidentified unit was captured by the Germans in wrecked condition in the summer of 1941

Tupolev SB on slideshow

Tupolev SB

Tupolev SB 2M-103A «7 Blue», 62nd BAD (Bomber Division) / 52nd SBAP (Composite Bomber Regiment) aircraft. The South-Western Front, the summer of 1941

Polikarpov I-16 type 28 on slideshow

Polikarpov I-16 type 28

Polikarpov I-16 type 28 «Yellow 4». This aircraft presumably belonged to one of the units of the 45th Fighter Division (Southern Front) operating from an airfield near Odessa in late June 1941

Polikarpov I-16 type 24 on slideshow

Polikarpov I-16 type 24

Polikarpov I-16 type 24 «White 2» (c/n 24600135) of the 282nd Fighter Regiment / 1st Squadron which saw action on the South-Western Front in February 1942


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