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“Senior Lieutenant KF Kiselev has shot down German transport plane Junkers Ju-52 (Ju-52). This freighter was the ninth victory of the Soviet fighter pilot.” (via)

“Bf109E in Stalingrad, 1942” (via)

“A huge number of broken and destroyed Soviet planes. The airfield in Minsk was occupied by the German forces in the beginning of July 1941.” (via)

Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoliy Vasilevich Kislyakov (via)

the aircraft behind him are American Bell P-39 Airacobras, obtained through the Lend-Lease program - approximately 4,600 of the 9,500 produced P-39s ended up in the Soviet Union, and used to immense effect by The Red Air Force

the Soviet Rafaelyants Turbolyot wingless VTOL vehicle, circa 1957, inspired by the Rolls-Royce “Flying Bedstead”

sunday fantasy #111: Italeri Models/Jozef Gatial(?)